Rick Moody

Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I really like. ↗

— Rick Moody

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So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions. ↗

— Rick Moody

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The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures. ↗

— Rick Moody

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The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content. ↗

— Rick Moody

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The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality. ↗

— Rick Moody

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This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about - one is my job and the success that I've had in it, and the other is money. ↗

— Rick Moody

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What genre it falls under is only of interest later. ↗

— Rick Moody

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When prose gets too stylized and out of control - and Stein is sometimes a good example - when you don't know what the hell is going on, then it's kind of boring. ↗

— Rick Moody

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Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing. ↗

— Rick Moody

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