Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Literature, like magic, has always been about the handling of secrets, about the pain, the destruction, and the marvelous liberation that can… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
For me, the goal is always to write a novel that I myself would like to read. People frequently ask me what… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
We are accustomed to repeating the cliché, and to believing, that 'our most precious resource is our children.' But we have plenty… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I don't think you could teach someone to be a genius, but you can certainly teach them to not make rookie mistakes… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I suppose there is something appealing about a word that everyone uses with absolute confidence but on whose exact meaning no two… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Writers, unlike most people, tell their best lies when they are alone. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
It's good to have it over with. I worked on it a long time, and I didn't know what people were going… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I’d spent my whole life waiting to awake on an ordinary morning in the town that was destined to be my home,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
People keep saying, 'Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy.' I guess it does, but mostly… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
When I remember that dizzy summer, that dull, stupid, lovely, dire summer, it seems that in those days I ate my lunches,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Nothing is boring exept to people who aren't really paying attention. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Anyway, it's a pretty good story," I said. "You have to admit." "Yeah?" He crumpled up the Kleenex, having dispatched the solitary tear. "You… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
There were so many Pittsburgh poets in my hallway that if, at that instant, a meteorite had come smashing through my roof, there would… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Badass.'" My grandfather sampled the flavor of the word. It did not seem to revolt him, but it was nothing he needed ever to… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
See you in the funny papers," he said. Jaunty, he reminded himself; always jaunty. In my panache is their hope for salvation. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to be left alone with Timothy, not because I was afraid of him but because I was afraid that somebody would… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“He had already seized this particular day once, but he was prepared, if need be, to go ahead and seize the motherfucker all over… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“We figure he must have let him out. The perpetrator, I mean. He's blind and we figure he just wandered off and maybe got… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Then I reminded myself that I was always willing to listen to arguments in favor of avoiding an unpleasant chore, and I shook my… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Love great first lines and paragraphs. From The Yiddish Policemen's Union: Nine months Landsman's been flopping at the Hotel Zamenhof without any of his… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Life blew in gusts from the hole in the side of the elephant with a rank smell and a comic flatulence.” — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Not only would I never want to belong to any club that would have me for a member--if elected I would wear street shoes… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
