Every interaction with another person involves a dance of expectation, even when you're just passing someone in the street. Inside those moments… — David Means Copy Share Image
I'm not at all interested in simply reporting what's here right now, or cranking out an entertainment device that's going to touch… — David Means Copy Share Image
A kiss is often about the future and the past. A lost dream, about the discretion of the idealism. — David Means Copy Share Image
I think most short story writers, at one time or another, over the course of several books, naturally skirt near the edge… — David Means Copy Share Image
We believe in cures; we're a quick-fix country, and we drive forward, and we eat up what we have extremely fast in… — David Means Copy Share Image
I knew for years I wanted to write a novel that addressed the personal trauma of my older sister, who suffered -… — David Means Copy Share Image
Novels often thin themselves out to a watery hue - some even start that way - and at times seem to only… — David Means Copy Share Image
A few days after 9/11, I put the old cassette of 'Born in the U.S.A.,' twisted and worn, on the car deck… — David Means Copy Share Image
I think that those moments before a performer plays are the moments when the potential for something to be created may -… — David Means Copy Share Image
I write first drafts by hand, often out of the house somewhere, and then, when I've got a draft, type it up… — David Means Copy Share Image
Typically, I spend a lot of time - mostly in the morning - kind of drifting, reading, walking down along the river,… — David Means Copy Share Image
In the days following 9/11, when we were reeling and disoriented, there was a kind of solace to be found in old recordings, and… — David Means Copy Share Image
Wars never simply end, not for those in combat and not for the culture, and one way or another, they shape-shift from generation to… — David Means Copy Share Image
Every interaction with another person involves a dance of expectation, even when you're just passing someone in the street. Inside those moments - however… — David Means Copy Share Image
I love the nooks and crannies of the American landscape; the back roads and back alleys, the places that are still untouched by the… — David Means Copy Share Image
I love novels, and I read them more than anything, but stories cut in sharp and hard and are able to reveal things in… — David Means Copy Share Image
The more you know about Bob Dylan, the less you know. A truly enigmatic artist, Mr. Dylan's work and life offer vaporous handholds, explanations,… — David Means Copy Share Image
As a story writer, you have work with sharp but relatively small tools, the picks of metaphor, the shovel blade of images, the trowel… — David Means Copy Share Image
In 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac,' Mr. Yorke's lyrics were often unfathomable, moaned and mumbled and forced beneath the surface of the music. In 'Hail… — David Means Copy Share Image
Iggy Pop is a pure Michigan product - gritty, smart, but not afraid of looking stupid or foolish. His father was once a high… — David Means Copy Share Image
I like landscape, I guess. It's kind of a game to see how you can describe it. — David Means Copy Share Image
You don't know what you need when you're a young writer. You can get small slivers of critical input, advice, comments, but if you're… — David Means Copy Share Image
