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 Image
I think people got in touch with me either knowing my work, or probably more frequently just knowing a plot or sort… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy had an interesting effect on me in terms of how I started to think about constructing things, because I really… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
I think as I have gotten older, my feelings about my role in the culture as a writer, and me specifically, has… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
People really want to believe that there is no fiction. I think they find it much easier to imagine that novelists are… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
I think I'm a shy, self-conscious person who thinks he's being looked at and tries to look okay. Not in a hottie,… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity. — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
