Theatre aside, my penchant for the extended monologue began with my reading of Browning's dramatic monologues, in high school. My inclination to adopt the form for prose was confirmed by Richard Howard's book of dramatic monologues, Untitled Subjects. — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
I admitted that I did not understand life. What I meant was that I am bewildered by human hearts and motivations, including my own. — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
I had hoped to be a poet, and for a long time I tried to write poetry. My first published pieces were poems. — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
I find it only natural for a storyteller to be interested in storytelling and, for anyone who spends the better part of his or… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image. — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
I very much like the idea of the unreliable narrator. Shaping my fictions as monologues - by introducing the "I" - allows me to… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
I do seem to favor a deathbed confession as the occasion for my dramatic monologues. — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
I do believe we are actors in our own dramas, which, moment by moment, we ourselves write; that we are characters in our own… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
The critique of social inequality, which is very much a part of my story, came about naturally from my recollection of Huck and Tom… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
Theatre aside, my penchant for the extended monologue began with my reading of Browning's dramatic monologues, in high school. My inclination to adopt the… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
In nearly everything I write, I am like a ventriloquist, throwing my voice into my characters, animating them by the slightest twitch as I… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
It may be old hat, but I see no reason to close off what is for me a fruitful subject of inquiry, especially so… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
Emotional, physical, and spiritual estrangement and ontological and religious doubt inform my personality, my thoughts, and my characters, which are, more often than not,… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
![“The critique of social inequality, which is very much a part of my story, came about naturally from my recollection of Huck and Tom and the controversy surrounding [Mark] Twain's use of them and from my own passionate interest in civil rights, animal rights, and the right of Earth to survive…” quote by Norman Lock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/26b/norman-lock-21222_animal_the-critique-of-social-inequality-which_145721.jpg)
