“The rain began to fall harder, and it distracted him, but he tried to pull himself back because he felt on the verge of understanding something large and important. It seemed to him that this moment—the light and wind, the… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
Writing is such a solitary thing, so its nice, when Im discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction. — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
Elizabeth Searle writes with intelligence, passion and wit. She's one of the best young writers around. — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
We lived on a farm outside a town of about 900 people. My father was the principal of the elementary school. It was a… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
Characters are often revealed by the ways they misapprehend others. — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
You have to avoid caricature, at the one end of the spectrum, and sentimentality, at the other; which is not to say that such… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
“Americans were no more shallow than any other people, just more pampered, so they had come to treasure their shallowness, making pop singers and… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
“The rain began to fall harder, and it distracted him, but he tried to pull himself back because he felt on the verge of… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
“The heart was a tyrant, like a child demanding ice cream instead of broccoli and throwing a fit to get its way.” — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
I write a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my understanding of them deepens. Creating characters in… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
I guess I'm struck all the time by how outrageously wrong life is. There are times I can't stand to read the newspapers. It… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
“Once this person this counselor at school, this LADY, if you know what I mean, told me that if you kept your nose to… — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image