I want to view my own efforts to write a novel as a function of my own artistic aspirations rather than a good career move. And I need to learn how to commit to characters for a longer time, to confront the limits of my own capacities for attention and compassion. That's what a writing career does, in the best instance: it allows you to keep after what you can't do.
Steve AlmondI love men, the restlessness of their corrupted souls, the way they hide their heavy, murderous hearts, their sudden delicacies and small shocking acts of tenderness.
Steve AlmondI have a hard time defending the production of candy, given that it is basically crack for children and makes them dependent in unwholesome ways.
Steve AlmondFootball is the most successful cult, in terms of members and profits, in human history. Oh wait, there's also religion.
Steve Almond