My job as the novelist is to present the whole case, then the reader gets to render her verdict. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I always joke that every novel is really about the same thing: one person's struggle against society. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
It was important to buy into the fact that the nine hundred pages an end-reader never sees are just as valuable as… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
For the book to succeed, it has to have equal parts ugliness and beauty, counterpoints adding up to emotional complexity. To me,… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I like art that trusts its audience, that's written for readers who like to work hard. I like art that knows its… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
If a character is honest with a reader, then (hopefully) that will engage the reader's empathy centers; she'll meet that openness with… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I always feel that as the author, once I know what a character is ashamed of, then I can go about making… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I'm a very tactile learner, so I need analog index cards, moving them all about, trying out various sequences for the book's… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
It's a beautiful aspect of narrative construction, hunting for the right images and metaphors to render our character's hearts/minds/souls as though they're… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
The point of reading is to inhabit a consciousness that doesn't belong to the reader, immersing yourself in a life that's wholly… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I'll never be the sort of author who sells that many copies. You'll never see a book of mine being sold on… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I like art that trusts its audience, that's written for readers who like to work hard. I like art that knows its readers are… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I'm a very tactile learner, so I need analog index cards, moving them all about, trying out various sequences for the book's architecture. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
We have today and hopefully tomorrow to be the best version of ourselves. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
“I was convinced that she was about to tell me my card was declined, and assumed Derek wanting to talk later meant he'd soon… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
Yes, things happened to me - brutal things - but I'm not going to give them so much clout by dwelling on them, empowering… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of time to be a good junkie or alcoholic - you spend hours getting the necessary supplies, then imbibing, then… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
My job as the novelist is to present the whole case, then the reader gets to render her verdict. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I'm always working on something. Addiction never gets any credit, always talked about as a total liability, and I'll admit that most of its… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I'll never be the sort of author who sells that many copies. You'll never see a book of mine being sold on a table… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I struggle with staying clean every day, and what really keeps me from doing something stupid is my daughter. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
My musical sensibilities were formed around punk rock, that quintessential dilution of an art that's both ugly and lovely at the same time. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I never wanted/expected to write a memoir, but this life thing, it has a way of sideswiping our worlds, scaring us so thoroughly that… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
