If Dante was writing The Divine Comedy in 2013, he might very well have set part of it in the suburbs. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I like art that trusts its audience, that's written for readers who like to work hard. I like art that knows its readers are… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I'm a very tactile learner, so I need analog index cards, moving them all about, trying out various sequences for the book's architecture. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
We have today and hopefully tomorrow to be the best version of ourselves. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
“I was convinced that she was about to tell me my card was declined, and assumed Derek wanting to talk later meant he'd soon… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
Yes, things happened to me - brutal things - but I'm not going to give them so much clout by dwelling on them, empowering… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of time to be a good junkie or alcoholic - you spend hours getting the necessary supplies, then imbibing, then… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
My job as the novelist is to present the whole case, then the reader gets to render her verdict. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I'm always working on something. Addiction never gets any credit, always talked about as a total liability, and I'll admit that most of its… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I'll never be the sort of author who sells that many copies. You'll never see a book of mine being sold on a table… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I struggle with staying clean every day, and what really keeps me from doing something stupid is my daughter. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
My musical sensibilities were formed around punk rock, that quintessential dilution of an art that's both ugly and lovely at the same time. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
I never wanted/expected to write a memoir, but this life thing, it has a way of sideswiping our worlds, scaring us so thoroughly that… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
Self-respect doesn't come naturally to me. I need to constantly remind myself and do the work to err on the side of self-respect, rather… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
The question why, at least in my life, often leads to despair. Why did this happen to me? Why didn't someone who claimed to… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
My tunnel vision allows me to have a longer work day than most writers. I'm thankful for that. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
