“What to know about pain is how little we deserve it, how simple it is to give, how hard to lose.” — Frederick Busch Pain Copy Share Image
I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting. — Frederick Busch Always waiting Copy Share Image
If there is some blood on the pages then you have some readership. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
When you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as… — Frederick Busch Character Copy Share Image
Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
Stephen King has the exact ability that Charles Dickens had. To get to his readers in spite of or despite anything the… — Frederick Busch Ability Copy Share Image
“It is the kind of moment life gives us when it laughs. It is choosing without choice. A rich meagerness, that.” — Frederick Busch Choice Copy Share Image
My heroes are people like Philip Levine, who is simply like a god to me, as a writer. And he is a… — Frederick Busch God Copy Share Image
I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years. — Frederick Busch Books Copy Share Image
I don't think I want to write a third book. But the more people talk to me about it, the more I… — Frederick Busch Book Copy Share Image
It's harder to get hold of the world. It's harder to understand the world, to encompass the literature necessary for the information. — Frederick Busch Books Copy Share Image
The culture is with some rapidity fearing its imagination. I don't know why. Imagination is not of interest. — Frederick Busch Culture Copy Share Image
