“I thought of my father, alone and elsewhere, his head cradled in his hands. I thought of the day he'd punched a hole straight through the kitchen wall, thinking she'd be tucked away inside. All those places he'd looked and… — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
I write all day every day, so when I feel unproductive, it magnifies everything else. — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
Reality is overrated to me. Everyone spends enough time on the computer, eating, going out to bars. Why do I need to read a… — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
“There were seven men, but just one language. They also moved as one and ate one meal a day and slept in the same… — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
What if life after death is all based within memory: you die, and you don't ascend on a bed of clouds to Jesus, but… — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
So many doors forever. There were never enough. Each door had several locks. One lock was combination. Another required keys. Another was a simple… — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
I'm not an escapist, but the value of language is that it can create places that did not exist before. And so language for… — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
“I thought of my father, alone and elsewhere, his head cradled in his hands. I thought of the day he'd punched a hole straight… — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
I use the word "god" a lot, and I'm not sure if I know what I believe god is. I don't believe that when… — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
I think language is a system that we have devised to negotiate a series of more amorphous entities. It's a layer you can use… — Blake Butler Copy Share Image
![“I use the word "god" a lot, and I'm not sure if I know what I believe god is. I don't believe that when we die, that's it. It's almost like a logical faith. I logically don't believe that all this stuff [surrounding us] is generated from dust. But I'm also not like "Jesus Christ came down to save…” quote by Blake Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/53e/blake-butler-28000_believe_i-use-the-word-god-a-lot-and-i-m-not-sur_1856560.jpg)
