A good folk song tells you something you already know, in a form you're already familiar with, on terms that were set… — David Means Born Copy Share Image
I studied English at the College of Wooster in Ohio, and I did an M.F.A. in Poetry at Columbia. — David Means College Copy Share Image
History is delusional. Not just an illusion, it's a delusion. America is this giant country, so it has these big delusions, and… — David Means America Copy Share Image
We believe in cures; we're a quick-fix country, and we drive forward, and we eat up what we have extremely fast in… — David Means Believe Copy Share Image
I think a good story can do as much as a novel; not the exact same thing, of course, but just as… — David Means Books Copy Share Image
Americans are pragmatic; we want quick, clean, simple solutions to vast problems. The paradox is that we're a deeply confessional culture, but… — David Means Culture Copy Share Image
I knew for years I wanted to write a novel that addressed the personal trauma of my older sister, who suffered -… — David Means Books Copy Share Image
Vietnam and Iraq are part of the same national trauma and delusion; we folded the war up when Reagan became president and… — David Means Delusion Copy Share Image
Novels often thin themselves out to a watery hue - some even start that way - and at times seem to only… — David Means Books Copy Share Image
You can't take a story and just stretch it out - that does not a novel make. — David Means Does Copy Share Image
A few days after 9/11, I put the old cassette of 'Born in the U.S.A.,' twisted and worn, on the car deck… — David Means Born Copy Share Image
I was a kid who was born and raised on Johnny Cash. My father played 'At Folsom Prison' constantly. Cash was the… — David Means Born Copy Share Image
My characters - no, make that most characters - are seeking the shelter of narrative resolution, a place of quiet and grace. — David Means Grace Copy Share Image
There's a huge distance between who I am as a regular person and what takes place in my fiction. — David Means Distance Copy Share Image
I think that those moments before a performer plays are the moments when the potential for something to be created may -… — David Means I think Copy Share Image
I don't think you could write fiction or create art unless you are sort of a positive person. — David Means Art Copy Share Image
From George Martin's classically inspired production of the Beatles to Peter Gabriel's early solo masterpieces, to Stereolab's beautiful loops and blips, U.K.-based… — David Means Beatles Copy Share Image
A short story collection can be as exciting as a novel. It is a real complete experience, like when you listen to… — David Means Beatles Copy Share Image
I find the middle classes kind of boring. The middle class has kind of been beaten like a dead horse by fictional… — David Means Dead horse Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a commentator of my own work. If you've written the story, you've said what you want to… — David Means Commentator Copy Share Image
Those who see beauty almost too intensely can easily look mad to those who are functioning within the confines of so-called normal… — David Means Beauty Copy Share Image
I write first drafts by hand, often out of the house somewhere, and then, when I've got a draft, type it up… — David Means Draft Copy Share Image
What I appreciate about Radiohead's work - and it's most evident in 'Hail to the Thief' - is how the juxtaposition of… — David Means Band Copy Share Image
