In the days following 9/11, when we were reeling and disoriented, there was a kind of solace to be found in old… — David Means Days Copy Share Image
Wars never simply end, not for those in combat and not for the culture, and one way or another, they shape-shift from… — David Means Culture Copy Share Image
Every interaction with another person involves a dance of expectation, even when you're just passing someone in the street. Inside those moments… — David Means Dance Copy Share Image
I love the nooks and crannies of the American landscape; the back roads and back alleys, the places that are still untouched… — David Means American Copy Share Image
I love novels, and I read them more than anything, but stories cut in sharp and hard and are able to reveal… — David Means Books Copy Share Image
The more you know about Bob Dylan, the less you know. A truly enigmatic artist, Mr. Dylan's work and life offer vaporous… — David Means Art Copy Share Image
As a story writer, you have work with sharp but relatively small tools, the picks of metaphor, the shovel blade of images,… — David Means Lift Copy Share Image
In 'Kid A' and 'Amnesiac,' Mr. Yorke's lyrics were often unfathomable, moaned and mumbled and forced beneath the surface of the music.… — David Means Beneath the surface Copy Share Image
Alice Munro is an atomic writer blasting doors into narrative time. — David Means Atomic Copy Share Image
Iggy Pop is a pure Michigan product - gritty, smart, but not afraid of looking stupid or foolish. His father was once… — David Means Age Copy Share Image
I like landscape, I guess. It's kind of a game to see how you can describe it. — David Means Game Copy Share Image
You don't know what you need when you're a young writer. You can get small slivers of critical input, advice, comments, but… — David Means Advice Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if a writer should talk about themes. Themes arrive out of the deeper structure and concerns, but to me,… — David Means Draft Copy Share Image
I was an at-home father, taking care of them for seven years when they were babies. I was one of those new-age,… — David Means Babies Copy Share Image
I'm not at all interested in simply reporting what's here right now, or cranking out an entertainment device that's going to touch… — David Means Deep Copy Share Image
I think all good short stories are about what it means to tell a good story. — David Means Good Copy Share Image
A kiss is often about the future and the past. A lost dream, about the discretion of the idealism. — David Means Dream Copy Share Image
I think most short story writers, at one time or another, over the course of several books, naturally skirt near the edge… — David Means Books Copy Share Image
I've got deep roots in Kalamazoo, with a grandfather, Harold Allen, who was a big part of Upjohn Co. for many years… — David Means Big Copy Share Image
The short story is kind of a precision tool. It allows me a certain type of freedom to go in and out… — David Means American Copy Share Image
Undergraduate writers seem to be, in a way, more open to letting themselves just write. — David Means More Copy Share Image
The wonderful thing about being an American writer is you've got this vastness to draw from. — David Means American Copy Share Image
