Boredom Quote by Andrew S. Miller

“Distraction, rather than being occasional and derivative, becomes perpetual and primary. Rather than being a diversion from the main thing you do, it becomes…

— Anonymous

Writers such as Richard Powers and the late David Foster Wallace have shown the path to a newer generation of writers for whom all…

— Giles Foden

David Foster Wallace was a brilliant experimentalist who I deeply admire. His ability to do formalism helped me understand how to tackle stories like…

— Alexander Weinstein

“David Foster Wallace: I think the reason why people behave in an ugly manner is that it’s really scary to be alive and to…

— David Lipsky

“David Foster Wallace: We sit around and bitch about how TV has ruined the audience for reading—when really all it’s done is given us…

— David Lipsky

“Current mood: David Foster Wallace meets Amy Winehouse.”

— Michelle Hodkin

My occupation has been a great deal with David Foster Wallace, and he didn't manage it, and he was very much looking for something…

— Tom Courtenay

I'm ashamed and embarrassed to say that I've read very little of David Foster Wallace's work. It's a huge gap in my education, one…

— Ben Fountain

You don't have to write like David Foster Wallace or James Baldwin or Maggie Nelson - indeed, you shouldn't. Those writers are doing it…

— Melissa Febos

“David Foster Wallace: I always fear that when I really impose my will on something, the universe is gonna punish me.”

— David Lipsky

“The horrific struggle to establish a human self results in a self whose humanity is inseparable from that horrific struggle: That our endless and…

— David Foster Wallace

“In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody…

— Joshua Fields Millburn