Beckett Quote by Brian Evenson

I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make…

— Brian Evenson

“What was the truth? he wondered. How important was it to know? And once he knew, what then?”

— Brian Evenson

Anything can happen: anything. Or nothing. Who can say? The world, monstrous, is made that way, and in the end consumes us all. Who…

— Brian Evenson

Truth cannot be imparted. [] It must be inflicted.

— Brian Evenson

“Curiosity is a terrible thing, he was thinking. How is it possible to stop oneself from needing to know?”

— Brian Evenson

Philosophy does provide me a structure and a way of thinking. Religion - like the religion I grew up with, Mormonism - also provides…

— Brian Evenson

“Fiction is a set of observable manifestations, as represented and frozen in language, that triggers a profoundly subjective and individual experience. Ultimately, this is…

— Brian Evenson

One of the primary differences for me between fiction and poetry is that fiction uses every sort of tool that poetry does but hides…

— Brian Evenson

“Truth cannot be imparted," said Kline. "It must be inflicted.”

— Brian Evenson

“Hell is crammed full of godly men.”

— Brian Evenson

Like a cross between Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions and Janice Lee's Damnation, The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing is at once smart…

— Brian Evenson

“Still,” said Ramse. “You’re not much. You’re what you are and we love you for it, but you’re not much.”

— Brian Evenson