“It's the same thing that makes all pop music so heartbreaking. Even when Miley Cyrus sings "So I put my hands up, they're playin' my song / The butterflies fly away / I'm noddin' my head like 'Yeah!' / Movin'… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
People have no idea how much work it is for a man to produce an ejaculation. You have this seminal vesicle churning out this… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
“Yes, the hermitage is underground--miles beneath the surface of Antarctica. And yes, Ike refers to it as unten--literally 'under' or 'below.' But, hello, it's… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
“One of the things about Ike that makes him so indisputably a hero is that he doesn't leave his own contradictions to the effete… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
“I also think my mom 'suffers' from something one might call Pollyanna's paranoia, an irrational suspicion that there are people out there secretly trying… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
“There are enigmas that we can gnaw on throughout our lives from which we derive sustenance, some kind of spiritual nourishment...I'm thinking of certain… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated with video games, though I can't really play them. It's definitely an art form that intrigues me to no end, though. — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers. — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
“Do it, my fellow Americans! Do it for every adolescent anomic skank genius cloistered in his room, getting cranked, rabidly humping his sampler as… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity. — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
