Poetry Quote by Mark Leyner

People have no idea how much work it is for a man to produce an ejaculation. You have this seminal vesicle churning out this…

— Mark Leyner

“Yes, the hermitage is underground--miles beneath the surface of Antarctica. And yes, Ike refers to it as unten--literally 'under' or 'below.' But, hello, it's…

— Mark Leyner

I was an infinitely hot and dense dot.

— Mark Leyner

“One of the things about Ike that makes him so indisputably a hero is that he doesn't leave his own contradictions to the effete…

— Mark Leyner

“I also think my mom 'suffers' from something one might call Pollyanna's paranoia, an irrational suspicion that there are people out there secretly trying…

— Mark Leyner

“There are enigmas that we can gnaw on throughout our lives from which we derive sustenance, some kind of spiritual nourishment...I'm thinking of certain…

— Mark Leyner

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, though.

— Mark Leyner

My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.

— Mark Leyner

“Do it, my fellow Americans! Do it for every adolescent anomic skank genius cloistered in his room, getting cranked, rabidly humping his sampler as…

— Mark Leyner

“fate is the ultimate preexisting condition.”

— Mark Leyner

As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles…

— Mark Leyner

I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.

— Mark Leyner