As a writer, I don't think it's my responsibility to make a point. I just write and hope there's someone who'll like it.

Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.

The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions.

Brownstein's is a fresh and jaunty voice, with a jazz snap all his own.

If you want to be a writer, all you need is a piece of paper and a pencil, and I had a manual typewriter. It doesn't cost money to write. It costs money to make art. So I would just write. I would hand out stories in the classes in high school. And the teacher would say, "Whatever you do, don't become a writer."

I think powerful women don't care whether or not they're liked.

Never Mind Nirvana is the first novel I’ve read that makes music as important as food, clothing romance — a fresh twist millions will be able to identify with – and the music of Lindquist’s language is a perfect match for the subject. I think he’s the writer to watch in the new millennium.