Wesley Stace has always been the only genuinely gifted fiction writer who also happens to be a rock star, but Wonderkid is… — Sam Lipsyte Book Copy Share Image
“It's hard to fuck your girlfriend when she's fucked up and you're not. It's harder than the skee-ball they used to have… — Sam Lipsyte Drugs-and-sex Copy Share Image
“I wanted to have friends from all over the world in the way of a man who has no friends.” — Sam Lipsyte Friendship Copy Share Image
“Who exactly are we?' I asked. The American Dreamers. There aren't too many of us left.' I don't know if I qualify.'… — Sam Lipsyte American dream Copy Share Image
“Lee was my father’s lawyer, a mensch. But he’s been very sick. Cancer. Pancreatic.” “That’s one of the worst. A killer.” “Yes,… — Sam Lipsyte Parenting Copy Share Image
The translator has to be a good writer. The translator has to hear music too. And it might not be exactly your… — Sam Lipsyte Language Copy Share Image
“You said you were having a dream.” “It’s true, I did.” “Was it the one where you’re inside the girl and you… — Sam Lipsyte Dreams Copy Share Image
Shudder, in fact, is not quite the word for the feeling. Feeling is not quite the word for the feeling. How's bathing… — Sam Lipsyte Facts Copy Share Image
Write what you know. Write what you don't know. But most of all, write what you'd rather not know. — Sam Lipsyte Funny Copy Share Image
There is nothing quite like the controlled burn of Eugene Marten’s prose. Waste is an exhilarating and unnerving piece of fiction. — Sam Lipsyte Controlled Copy Share Image
