Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. The oysters at dinner near the beginning of Anna Karenina, the dinner Nana throws for her overflowing guests in Zola's Nana, the walk through Les Halles for breakfast in… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
Writers aren't born, they're made - from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
I had a naiveté that I would remember the things that I had written already, but I was getting lost in the forest of… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“None of the young women who wanted her position knew what her position was.” — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“Sappho isn't really meant to be read. It's meant to be sung and there were dances for the songs, also. Sappho was a performance… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“Nothing to fear from a fate that was already yours, then, except, perhaps, that it would never leave you.” — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot,… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
Everyone would tell me they couldn't identify with sexual abuse. No one says they can't identify with the tales of the Greek gods and… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“When I was a boy and I sang, my voice felt to me like a leak sprung from a small and secret star hidden… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“You ought to know, you were my best friend. You were. I know you loved me. I loved you. No one should have gone… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
Each source that I read, I would look through the bibliography and the footnotes, and use that as a map for the next thing… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“Writers aren't born, they're made--from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.” — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
One of my big inspirations was Céleste Mogador. She was a courtesan who wrote her memoirs in order to pay off her debts, which… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
