It's understandable why someone might not want to take on a book they think is emotionally hard. — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
To me, fiction is the single best way there is - to me, it's the most profound way - of dealing with… — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
I remember, even in college, reading Cliffs Notes about a book and thinking to myself, 'Geez, that sounds like a good book.… — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
The literary world is filled with good and generous people. But then that's what writing is all about - empathy. — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
A writer has to write something that they're - sit down with or are interested in every day of their life. — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
Writing books takes a long time, and one thing a writer must do is learn to live with his or her project. — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
Really, I've worked my whole adult life at fiction, to try and write fiction. — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
Every author dreams of the kind of attention that 'Beautiful Children' has received in the press. Obviously, it's a shock whenever it… — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
When I was in grad school, I wrote one early story that was Vegas, and then I stayed away from it. I… — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
A woman at a bookstore in Brattleboro, Vt., put Castle Freeman Jr.'s novel 'Go With Me' in my hand, and I took… — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
The literary world is filled with good and generous people. But then that's what writing is all about - empathy. — Charles Bock Copy Share
Something I found while writing 'Alice & Oliver' - a book that is unquestionably a work of fiction, but which also borrows details from… — Charles Bock Copy Share
As I matured, I became a smarter person, a more sensitive person, a more thinking person. — Charles Bock Copy Share
My sister, who is a wonderful and beautiful actress now, when she was 11 or 12, she would go out and take pictures of… — Charles Bock Copy Share
Writing books takes a long time, and one thing a writer must do is learn to live with his or her project. — Charles Bock Copy Share
I remember, even in college, reading Cliffs Notes about a book and thinking to myself, 'Geez, that sounds like a good book. I should… — Charles Bock Copy Share
I do think that people go to Las Vegas for 'whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.' They go for the spectacle. — Charles Bock Copy Share
I had a string of really awful jobs in Manhattan where my whole point was to do as little work in the world as… — Charles Bock Copy Share
Really, I've worked my whole adult life at fiction, to try and write fiction. — Charles Bock Copy Share
Art, you know, art and fiction, especially in big books, you know, it takes a while. — Charles Bock Copy Share
I very much loved my late wife, Diana Joy Colbert, and I'd rather hold onto what I can. — Charles Bock Copy Share
In English, I never did the reading when it was assigned. If a paper was due on Friday, my attitude was, read half the… — Charles Bock Copy Share
