Book Quote by Frederick Busch

Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say what is not sayable.

— Frederick Busch

What I try to do is read stuff that won't deal with the dangerous dark things I hope I am writing about.

— Frederick Busch

I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting.

— Frederick Busch

There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids…

— Frederick Busch

“No matter his joking, I thought, this was a man as given to the miseries as I was. You could look into my dead…

— Frederick Busch

When you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as important as…

— Frederick Busch

I know important literary writers who can't get published.

— Frederick Busch

I always had good students.

— Frederick Busch

It's hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention.

— Frederick Busch

History is beautiful stories or scary stories, yeah.

— Frederick Busch

If a writer is honest, if what is at stake for him can seem to matter to his readers, then his work may be…

— Frederick Busch

I read a lot of poetry. I read some history.

— Frederick Busch