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> [My books are not about different components that fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, it's about creating the space around the components, which is almost as important as the components themselves. And that space changes and blends depending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/my-books-are-not-about-different-components-that-fit-together-like/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

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## More by Richard Grossman

> [I have a strong spiritual commitment, and I try to express that in my work. Salvation cannot be worked out in human terms. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-have-a-strong-spiritual-commitment-and-i-try-to-express-that-in-my/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [The problem with American democracy is the American corporation, which is a slave holder construct, pure and simple. It's totally invasive, and people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/the-problem-with-american-democracy-is-the-american-corporation-which/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [When you're reading my book, you're not in a four dimensional continuum, you're in my continuum, the Grossman continuum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/when-you-re-reading-my-book-you-re-not-in-a-four-dimensional/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [I write about life as it exists within houses and on the streets. And there's nothing, hopefully, in any of my characterizations or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-write-about-life-as-it-exists-within-houses-and-on-the-streets-and/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [I've been in the art world for many years. But the sad fact is that most writers are visually prepubescent. Generally speaking, the literary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-ve-been-in-the-art-world-for-many-years-but-the-sad-fact-is-that/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [I love grand scale. One of the things that everybody mentions is that my novels are beautiful objects in the sense that the elements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-love-grand-scale-one-of-the-things-that-everybody-mentions-is-that/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [I'm truly an outsider in the poetry world. When I started writing, I was trying to move my poems away from modernist lines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-m-truly-an-outsider-in-the-poetry-world-when-i-started-writing-i/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [My books are not about different components that fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, it's about creating the space around the components,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/my-books-are-not-about-different-components-that-fit-together-like/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [I'm a staunch civil libertarian; I really believe that the individual is more important than any societal value.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-m-a-staunch-civil-libertarian-i-really-believe-that-the-individual/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [I think of myself as a jazz player, and my music as a natural extension of the jazz tradition. What I'm doing is completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-think-of-myself-as-a-jazz-player-and-my-music-as-a-natural/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [I think that life is incredibly violent and that individual people are incredibly violent on one level or another. I don't try to change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-think-that-life-is-incredibly-violent-and-that-individual-people/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [Salvation is an individual relationship with God. I've always considered myself to be a devotional poet, and I consider myself to be a devotional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/salvation-is-an-individual-relationship-with-god-i-ve-always/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [If there is anything unique about my writing it is the way that I combine poetry and prose, not just on the level of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/if-there-is-anything-unique-about-my-writing-it-is-the-way-that-i/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [I don't think that brutality and idealism are mutually exclusive. It's a common denominator in my work - rabid idealism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-don-t-think-that-brutality-and-idealism-are-mutually-exclusive-it-s/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

> [I'm a centrist. There is a lot going on socially that I don't like, but I feel that in a democracy you work from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-m-a-centrist-there-is-a-lot-going-on-socially-that-i-don-t-like-but/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

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