Author Q&A: Alan Michael Parker (Christmas in July)
"I want to believe that reading tunes the mind, that empathy results from the connections forged between a reader and a character..."
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"I want to believe that reading tunes the mind, that empathy results from the connections forged between a reader and a character..."
"I think the process should be an expression of the product, and vice versa."
"You have to be willing to walk right up to the line that divides emotion and melodrama."
"Playing bad guitar solos is satisfying in a way that writing bad short stories is not."
"My book is...the story of a woman that takes life by the balls and squeezes everything out of it."
There’ve been other negative eras in American history, but there’s always been that spirit of resilience and resistance.
"Creating some kind of art...is as close to leaving your brain behind in a jar as you're going to get."
"I suppose I am really unaware of my writing process because I never really plan on writing anything, it just kind of happens."
"Too much of our human existence is based on making money and getting errands done. It’s such a waste of the gift of life, not to celebrate and bring magic and mystery into the everyday."
"To be competitive and on, all of the time, involves discipline and schedule, a lot of super-focused manic intensity, and the need to ignore outside distractions, all of which is huge for writing."