One of the things that struck me as unique about Hollywood is that I never had bad meetings. There were all enthusiastic,… — Mark Leyner Enthusiastic Copy Share Image
Stand-up comedy had an interesting effect on me in terms of how I started to think about constructing things, because I really… — Mark Leyner Comedy Copy Share Image
“I tend to interpret that whole 'everyone's wife is a Mossad agent' thing in a more sort of metaphorical way--that people you're… — Mark Leyner Deception Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about something in the back of your mind is that it can travel pretty far back in your mind. — Mark Leyner Interesting Copy Share Image
So where does the name Adam's apple come from? Most people say that it is from the notion that this bump was… — Mark Leyner Adam Copy Share Image
I have an enduring, very robust infatuation with dictators. I have an infatuation with Stalin, Mao, and Mussolini. In the Paris Review… — Mark Leyner Book Copy Share Image
I can tell from about 20 yards away when someone has a manuscript for me. I can just tell - they have… — Mark Leyner I can Copy Share Image
I dont walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. Its worse than bleak, its apocalyptic. — Mark Leyner Apocalyptic Copy Share Image
I think as I have gotten older, my feelings about my role in the culture as a writer, and me specifically, has… — Mark Leyner Changed Copy Share Image
“The Imaginary Intern and I used to say, 'The mind going is the mind coming,' which we meant not only in terms… — Mark Leyner Coming Copy Share Image
“Why would we not only believe, but become eternally beholden to some unctuous car salesman who claims to be putting the lives… — Mark Leyner Car salesman Copy Share Image
Actually what's worse than a dog's mouth is a cat's mouth. They're not dirtier per se, but they have sharper teeth, so… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
“studies have failed to find any substantial evidence proving a relationship between sugar consumption and hyperactivity.” — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
When you are a child, you often stare too closely at the wrong thing. I remember the first time I was taken… — Mark Leyner Children Copy Share Image
I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or… — Mark Leyner Belittle Copy Share Image
“We're living in a world in which we're all survived, targeted, herded, and indoctrinated to an unprecedented degree. Our fallen, debased state… — Mark Leyner Kali yuga Copy Share Image
“Bro, we're living in the Kali Yuga, a Dark Age of petite bourgeoisie ideology, a petite bourgeoisie ideology whose resources and ruses… — Mark Leyner Books Copy Share Image
“Why do you think I'm obsessed with this idea of giving the world an alphabet-soup enema?' (This was our code language for… — Mark Leyner Writing Copy Share Image
I guess I can picture things once they're done - I just can't picture actually doing them. — Mark Leyner Done Copy Share Image
Et Tu, Babe' was born out of my absolute certainty that a writer's life was solitary and insular, and I was happy… — Mark Leyner Absolute certainty Copy Share Image
“...Someone can intentionally fake blindness for some secondary gain (malingering)--a prisoner who says he can't see in order to try to avoid… — Mark Leyner Copy Share Image
Yo! You’re my dope dealer not my thesis adviser. If I wanted your opinion about my dissertation, I’d have asked for it,… — Mark Leyner Dealer Copy Share Image
