The art (as opposed to the technology) of reading requires that you develop a beautiful tolerance for incomprehension. The greatest books are the books that you come to understand more deeply with time, with age and with rereading. — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
A beautiful word in the middle of a sentence can sometimes reduce me to tears in an interview, and when I'm reading, too. I've… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
If I want to have a conversation, I can't have a list of questions, because the second question on the list is going to… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
I'm very against interviewers who do not have time to read the work, who accept jobs knowing that they don't have time to do… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
I'm often a crier and many things make me cry. I come from a crying family - my mother cries, my grandma used to… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
I like to think that at best the interview becomes something like the unaccountable experience of talking to oneself in a mirror. — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be a math major. My parents were both accountants and wanted me to major in business. Math was… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
The book is an experience that allows you to witness your feelings without having to surrender to them, to succumb to them, or to… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
The art (as opposed to the technology) of reading requires that you develop a beautiful tolerance for incomprehension. The greatest books are the books… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
In the course of interviewing, I've discovered that if you don't give your guest something to react to, they don't react. They simply say… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
She taught you how to be a person who refuses anything but the meaningful. — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
People tell me I have the best job in the world, which is true, but I also work with some of the best people… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
A bleak, black book, it engenders awe and despair. I have read it in its entirety 4 1/2 times, each time finding its resonance… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
