Andrei Codrescu

“The richness of our ethnic insults vocabulary was wide and deep. It reflected, all too easily, the more elaborate predjiduces of our…

— Andrei Codrescu

“The real secret, though, is that nobody belongs, whether they are natives or not. After expulsion from paradise all humans are in…

— Andrei Codrescu

“Death is not enough for such men. We must add mechanics”

— Andrei Codrescu

“The internet liquefied physical borders faster than they were already doing on their own. For all that, there are only regional writers.…

— Andrei Codrescu

“Poetry is again hip in America as people are beginning to refuse to die of boredom and to choke in the fog…

— Andrei Codrescu

“Our ancestors had fought and murdered one another, married and forged alliances, founded countries. At their best - but only for selfish…

— Andrei Codrescu

Only the poor can create art.

— Andrei Codrescu

Nostalgia is masochism and masochism is something masochists love to share.

— Andrei Codrescu

There is no ´Complete Idiots Guide to Creationism,´ but perhaps one is not needed.

— Andrei Codrescu

“Nosferatu is the daddy of modern American sex.”

— Andrei Codrescu

Cookbooks bear the same relation to real books that microwave food bears to your grandmother?s.

— Andrei Codrescu

“It is a sad fact that all flesh must die, but there is no reason why one's story, as well as one's…

— Andrei Codrescu

“Telling a story to go with the meal is de rigueur, cher, it makes the food more memorable, and both meal and…

— Andrei Codrescu

The evaporation of 4 million who believe in this crap would leave the world a better place.

— Andrei Codrescu

The peasants of all lands recognize power and they salute it, whether it's good or evil.

— Andrei Codrescu

There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the…

— Andrei Codrescu

“This is important, Your Honor, because it establishes the fact that language, like blood, is a living thing that proceeds forward in…

— Andrei Codrescu

“Like Venice, Italy, this is a place of fleeting beauty. The knowledge that we won't be here long gives everyone an intense…

— Andrei Codrescu

“People, not just writers, are attracted to New Orleans because it's full of stories and listeners who love nothing better to do…

— Andrei Codrescu

There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the…

— Andrei Codrescu

It's still a mystery to me exactly how I learned the language. [But] I was 19 years old and I had very…

— Andrei Codrescu

“Our secrets, odd or not, are the pins that keep our inner life in place: the inform our psyche with meaning.”

— Andrei Codrescu

“The fact is we all know that there exists in the world an order different from that in which we pass our…

— Andrei Codrescu

These are the poems of a traveler and a lover who feels both the terror of time passing and the consolation of…

— Andrei Codrescu

The real technology -behind all our other technologies- is language. It actually creates the world our consciousness lives in.

— Andrei Codrescu