“Why do you think I'm obsessed with this idea of giving the world an alphabet-soup enema?' (This was our code language for wanting to be a writer.) After a very long, Viennese pause, he said, 'Why do you think you… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
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
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
“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
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
I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity. — Mark Leyner Copy Share
“I really think this kind of consensual cannibalism is such a perfect analogue for the reciprocal relationship between writer and reader, and especially between… — Mark Leyner Copy Share
I think of memory as a game, that is as something one engages in with a very profound kind of "playfulness." — Mark Leyner Copy Share
