The time has come for writers to become inaccessible again. The reason is not some kind of 'mystique' that makes people curious (though it helps), but the fact that no real writers ever lay down anything real in public-they work… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
“The richness of our ethnic insults vocabulary was wide and deep. It reflected, all too easily, the more elaborate predjiduces of our parents (not… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
“The real secret, though, is that nobody belongs, whether they are natives or not. After expulsion from paradise all humans are in exile. You… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
“The internet liquefied physical borders faster than they were already doing on their own. For all that, there are only regional writers. There are… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
“Poetry is again hip in America as people are beginning to refuse to die of boredom and to choke in the fog of their… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
“Our ancestors had fought and murdered one another, married and forged alliances, founded countries. At their best - but only for selfish reasons -… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
Nostalgia is masochism and masochism is something masochists love to share. — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
There is no ´Complete Idiots Guide to Creationism,´ but perhaps one is not needed. — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
Cookbooks bear the same relation to real books that microwave food bears to your grandmother?s. — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image
“It is a sad fact that all flesh must die, but there is no reason why one's story, as well as one's soul, should… — Andrei Codrescu Copy Share Image