What I try to do is read stuff that won't deal with the dangerous dark things I hope I am writing about. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
It's hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
If a writer is honest, if what is at stake for him can seem to matter to his readers, then his work… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
It's harder to get hold of the world. It's harder to understand the world, to encompass the literature necessary for the information. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
First-book novelists and storywriters haven't yet failed and so it's easier to publish them - you can gamble on a success. Whereas… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I don't think I want to write a third book. But the more people talk to me about it, the more I… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I always want to read Gore Vidal's nonfiction. Because everything he writes is an essay and it's worth reading. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I can't imagine having the courage to ask a publisher to do a whole book of my poems. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
Let's look at what the books are that are being produced. More and more they are being made like movies. To sell.… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
In a way, I see my fiction as having moved in that direction - and the characters as dealing simultaneously with their… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
When I am writing a novel I try not to read great prose stylists into which I will fall. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
Stephen King has the exact ability that Charles Dickens had. To get to his readers in spite of or despite anything the… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say what is not sayable. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
What I try to do is read stuff that won't deal with the dangerous dark things I hope I am writing about. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
“No matter his joking, I thought, this was a man as given to the miseries as I was. You could look into my dead… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
When you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as important as… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
It's hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
If a writer is honest, if what is at stake for him can seem to matter to his readers, then his work may be… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
