“It almost felt like too much, just by the sad weight of its being so little.” — Bob Shacochis Sad Copy Share Image
With iron and blood, it seems, and from the rich depths of the earth, John Griswold has fashioned a classic American novel,… — Bob Shacochis Blood Copy Share Image
The illusion of control has to be there, but mostly I'm following characters and the consequences of their own decisions, because a… — Bob Shacochis Behave Copy Share Image
You decide which characters you want and then do the best you can to bring their humanity to the forefront in the… — Bob Shacochis Best Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge in the research process is to let go, to stop, to say enough, and then to reduce all of… — Bob Shacochis Backgrounds Copy Share Image
When you meet powerful men or just read about them in the newspapers, you see that they don't have a sense of… — Bob Shacochis About Copy Share Image
I'm asked all the time, 'Doesn't it feel great to finish the novel?' And the answer to that is, 'No.' It's sort… — Bob Shacochis Answer Copy Share Image
The stories are there first, and they come from my experiences wandering around in the world. They will resonate into bigger things,… — Bob Shacochis Archetypes Copy Share Image
“I want you so much, he said with such heart-tugging sincerity that to be fair, a translation from Turkish to English would… — Bob Shacochis Love Copy Share Image
Trying to get the sentences right and the structure of the narration right is about as big a job as I can… — Bob Shacochis About Copy Share Image
For any artistic person who creates imaginary people, the art is like inhabiting the life and mind of a seven-year-old child with… — Bob Shacochis Ability Copy Share Image
“It is no secret that souls sometimes die in a person and are replaced by others. —Fernando Pessoa” — Bob Shacochis Spirituality Copy Share Image
“I should like to elbow aside the established pieties and raise my martini glass in salute to the mortal arts of pleasure.” — Bob Shacochis Art Copy Share Image
“And how could she ever open her mouth to tell him, in the guise of reminiscing, I haven't been on a ferry… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
“--perhaps a soul is what you have spent your life making, not a piece of metaphysical equipment shipped ready-made from the factory,… — Bob Shacochis Life Copy Share Image
“His arm came tentatively across her side to hug her breasts and she sighed so long and deeply and with such intense… — Bob Shacochis Morning Copy Share Image
I consider myself a writer who writes about American expatriates. And if I have any overt cause as a writer besides writing… — Bob Shacochis About Copy Share Image
It is no secret that souls sometimes die in a person and are replaced by others. — Bob Shacochis Dies Copy Share Image
Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in… — Bob Shacochis Boring Copy Share Image
A whole bunch of agents and editors looked at my stories, and they all said, in effect, 'You're a pretty good writer… — Bob Shacochis Agents Copy Share Image
“He wanted to know if the master sergeant had read Auden, the twentieth century's most influential Christian poet, "English majors in the… — Bob Shacochis English major Copy Share Image
What I do is, I'm like a disease that infects real people and I take them over. We can start off in… — Bob Shacochis Book Copy Share Image
I'm asked all the time, "Doesn't it feel great to finish the novel?" And the answer to that is, "No." It's sort… — Bob Shacochis Books Copy Share Image
