“She hated the namelessness of women in stories, as if they lived and died so that men could have metaphysical insights.” — Chad Harbach Wisdom Copy Share Image
“Everyone expected him to succeed, no matter what the arena, and so failure, even temporary failure, had ceased to be an option.” — Chad Harbach Failure Copy Share Image
Most great books have been about striving in some sense. In a sense, money is the great topic of the novel. You… — Chad Harbach Book Copy Share Image
“That was what made the story so epic: the player, the hero, had to suffer mightily en route to his final triumph.… — Chad Harbach Suffering Copy Share Image
“Baseball was an art, but to excel at it you had to become a machine. It didn't matter how beautifully you performed… — Chad Harbach Art Copy Share Image
But baseball was different... You stood and waited and tried to still your mind. When your moment came, you had to be… — Chad Harbach Baseball Copy Share Image
“There were no whys in a person's life, and very few hows. In the end, in search of useful wisdom, you could… — Chad Harbach Kindness Copy Share Image
“Schartz would never live in a world so open. His would always be occluded by the fact that his understanding and his… — Chad Harbach Greek god Copy Share Image
Getting your foot in the door with some publishing people can be important when you're starting out as a writer, but it's… — Chad Harbach Doors Copy Share Image
“Before long four dozen balls lay scattered at the base of the fence, a harvest of dirty white fruit.” — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
I think people have the wrong idea of 'Moby Dick' as this somber, boring thing. — Chad Harbach Boring Copy Share Image
“The only life worth living was the unfree life... the life in which you were chained to your one true wish, the… — Chad Harbach Life Copy Share Image
“Heat radiated off Henry's face. Salty snot ran down his upper lip. A majestic fart propelled him to the top of Section… — Chad Harbach Curves Copy Share Image
A lot of writers choose to live in New York, partly because of the literary culture here, and partly because Brooklyn's a… — Chad Harbach Ambition Copy Share Image
“Why would anyone want to fight Henry?" Loondorf looked hurt. "Because he's a ballplayer." "So?" "So he's a baller. He's got cash,… — Chad Harbach Bar-fights Copy Share Image
“When a philosopher wants high ceilings, he goes outside'. He doesn't buy an oversize house that requires massive amounts of dwindling resources… — Chad Harbach Philosophy Copy Share Image
I was a ballplayer, but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. It's a very sports-centric part of… — Chad Harbach Ballplayer Copy Share Image
“All he'd ever wanted was for nothing to change. Or for things to change only in the right ways, improving little by… — Chad Harbach Bad habit Copy Share Image
“He felt a touch of sadness now that it had happened, now that he knew what it was like. Not because it… — Chad Harbach Life Copy Share Image
The idea of the writer who writes nineteen novels, with various ups and downs and levels of experimentation, isn't around so much… — Chad Harbach Book Copy Share Image
“...a soul isn't something a person is born with but something that must be built, by effort and error, study and love.… — Chad Harbach Education Copy Share Image
“There were no words for that, no ceremony that would garantee your future. Every day was just that: a day, a blank,… — Chad Harbach Every day Copy Share Image
“You could only try so hard not to try too hard before you were right back around to trying too hard. And… — Chad Harbach Trying hard Copy Share Image
“Only here, long after midnight, while everyone else was sleeping, when nothing was expected of him, could Schwartz convince himself that he… — Chad Harbach Night Copy Share Image
“All he’d ever wanted was for nothing to ever change. Or for things to change only in the right ways, improving little… — Chad Harbach Day by day Copy Share Image
