People have no idea how much work it is for a man to produce an ejaculation. You have this seminal vesicle churning… — Mark Leyner Chef Copy Share Image
“Yes, the hermitage is underground--miles beneath the surface of Antarctica. And yes, Ike refers to it as unten--literally 'under' or 'below.' But,… — Mark Leyner Anal Copy Share Image
“One of the things about Ike that makes him so indisputably a hero is that he doesn't leave his own contradictions to… — Mark Leyner Authenticity Copy Share Image
“I also think my mom 'suffers' from something one might call Pollyanna's paranoia, an irrational suspicion that there are people out there… — Mark Leyner Good thing Copy Share Image
“There are enigmas that we can gnaw on throughout our lives from which we derive sustenance, some kind of spiritual nourishment...I'm thinking… — Mark Leyner Enigmas Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated with video games, though I can't really play them. It's definitely an art form that intrigues me to no end,… — Mark Leyner Art Copy Share Image
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight… — Mark Leyner Books Copy Share Image
“Do it, my fellow Americans! Do it for every adolescent anomic skank genius cloistered in his room, getting cranked, rabidly humping his… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form.… — Mark Leyner 19th century Copy Share Image
I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity. — Mark Leyner Animated Copy Share Image
“I really think this kind of consensual cannibalism is such a perfect analogue for the reciprocal relationship between writer and reader, and… — Mark Leyner Autobiography Copy Share Image
I think of memory as a game, that is as something one engages in with a very profound kind of "playfulness." — Mark Leyner Games Copy Share Image
I'm in that very preliminary stage of wondering how exactly to "pressurize" the novel in some way I've never considered before. — Mark Leyner Books Copy Share Image
“It's the same thing that makes all pop music so heartbreaking. Even when Miley Cyrus sings "So I put my hands up,… — Mark Leyner Miley cyrus Copy Share Image
I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. — Mark Leyner Around Copy Share Image
My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my own notion of myself as… — Mark Leyner Culture Copy Share Image
When I started, I wanted to be thought of as tortured and seductive, not funny, but humor tends to be a reflexive… — Mark Leyner Believe Copy Share Image
“I found a note he'd left behind entitled 'Ciao': One just keeps saying, 'No...No...No...' Head bowed, hat in hand, A cringing, cunning… — Mark Leyner Left behind Copy Share Image
“Yes, it was late, and, yes, I was being very dented-in-the-head-mutant-hillbilly, But you... you just sat there like some shitty poem.” — Mark Leyner Poetry Copy Share Image
“Are the Gods real or is Ike Karton just crazy? And the answer is: Yes.” — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
“So, Strand looked at me, and he said, 'You should write about all this someday.' And I said, 'You mean about all… — Mark Leyner Childhood Copy Share Image
I think people got in touch with me either knowing my work, or probably more frequently just knowing a plot or sort… — Mark Leyner Buzz Copy Share Image
