The job of taste was to thin the insane torrent of human creativity down to manageable levels. But the job of appetite was never to be happy with taste.
Richard PowersI would say the flip side to my fascination with systems is a fascination with components. So many of my books are dialogues between little and big.
Richard PowersMy dream has always been to suspend myself in space when I write, and lying horizontal in bed is the closest to doing that.
Richard PowersMusic forecasts the past, recalls the future. Now and then the difference falls away, and in one simple gift of circling sound, the ear solves the scrambled cryptogram. One abiding rhythm, present and always, and you're free. But a few measures more, and the cloak of time closes back around you.
Richard Powers