i have sent out interviews to my favorite living authors, writers who have inspired and influenced me. click on the picture to read the interview. they appear in the order they responded.
Quentin S. Crisp
Ulrich Haarburste
Thaddeus Rutkwoski
Tao Lin
Jonathan Safran Foer
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John Brandon
Douglas Coupland
John Haskell
Chuck Klosterman
Yannick Murphy
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Christian TeBordo
Willy Vlautin
also, enjoy these interview questions for my top 10 dead authors. they probbably won't respond.
J. D. Salinger
1. what happened that made you go from writing stories and books to not wanting to be around anyone?
2. what lead you to write your first story?
3. what is the Glass family based on?
4. how do you feel about your legacy?
5. were there any moments in your long silence when you wanted to break it?
6. what is your advice to me?
1. what happened that made you go from writing stories and books to not wanting to be around anyone?
2. what lead you to write your first story?
3. what is the Glass family based on?
4. how do you feel about your legacy?
5. were there any moments in your long silence when you wanted to break it?
6. what is your advice to me?
Sylvia Plath
1. how are fact and fiction related in The Bell Jar?
2. what is your feeling about the book, was it successful according to your own expectations of it?
3. i prefer your novel to your poetry, but what do you feel is your highest, most true expression?
4. what was your writing process like?
5. when you finished The Bell Jar, and you said the bell had lifted, did you have an inkling of what was to come?
6. what is your advice to me?
1. how are fact and fiction related in The Bell Jar?
2. what is your feeling about the book, was it successful according to your own expectations of it?
3. i prefer your novel to your poetry, but what do you feel is your highest, most true expression?
4. what was your writing process like?
5. when you finished The Bell Jar, and you said the bell had lifted, did you have an inkling of what was to come?
6. what is your advice to me?
Kurt Vonnegut
1. what is your favorite novel (of yours) and why?
2. it seems like almost all of your books have the same or similar message. do you feel like your writing was message-oriented?
3. is there life on other planets? does that matter?
4. how do you feel about modern science fiction?
5. what do you think Kilgore Trout would be up to today?
6. what is your advice to me?
1. what is your favorite novel (of yours) and why?
2. it seems like almost all of your books have the same or similar message. do you feel like your writing was message-oriented?
3. is there life on other planets? does that matter?
4. how do you feel about modern science fiction?
5. what do you think Kilgore Trout would be up to today?
6. what is your advice to me?
Franz Kafka
1. how do you think illness affected your writing?
2. do you think happiness is overrated?
3. was The Castle intentionally unfinished?
4. how are existentialism and absurdity related?
5. what's your favorite modern novel?
6. what is your advice to me?
1. how do you think illness affected your writing?
2. do you think happiness is overrated?
3. was The Castle intentionally unfinished?
4. how are existentialism and absurdity related?
5. what's your favorite modern novel?
6. what is your advice to me?
Charles Bukowski
1. if you were to sit down right now and start writing, what would it be: a novel or a poem?
2. would you protest against being called a misogynist?
3. can you imagine life without alcohol (or sex)?
4. do you feel you ever made it?
5. what got you started writing at such a late age?
6. what is your advice to me?
1. if you were to sit down right now and start writing, what would it be: a novel or a poem?
2. would you protest against being called a misogynist?
3. can you imagine life without alcohol (or sex)?
4. do you feel you ever made it?
5. what got you started writing at such a late age?
6. what is your advice to me?
Ernest Hemingway
1. in some of your stories, you seem to be against big game hunting. could you explain that discrepancy?
2. in Garden of Eden, why did you find it necessary to describe every single drink?
3. what is the nature of reality?
4. what is the connection between the emotional and the visceral?
5. talk about your use of metaphor.
6. what is your advice to me?
1. in some of your stories, you seem to be against big game hunting. could you explain that discrepancy?
2. in Garden of Eden, why did you find it necessary to describe every single drink?
3. what is the nature of reality?
4. what is the connection between the emotional and the visceral?
5. talk about your use of metaphor.
6. what is your advice to me?
Philip K. Dick
1. how can i tell if i am a robot or not?
2. is science fiction a tool, a means of getting at certain truths, current truths?
3. why do you feel your straight fiction wasn't as successful?
4. how did you write so much?
5. how did writing define you and vice-versa?
6. what is your advice to me?
1. how can i tell if i am a robot or not?
2. is science fiction a tool, a means of getting at certain truths, current truths?
3. why do you feel your straight fiction wasn't as successful?
4. how did you write so much?
5. how did writing define you and vice-versa?
6. what is your advice to me?
Albert Camus
1. how did you accomplish the tone of The Stranger?
2. what would be a modern example of existentialism?
3. do you think The Stranger could be written today?
4. should literature always be pedantic? does there have to be a moral?
5. are you happy with your reception?
6. what is your advice to me?
1. how did you accomplish the tone of The Stranger?
2. what would be a modern example of existentialism?
3. do you think The Stranger could be written today?
4. should literature always be pedantic? does there have to be a moral?
5. are you happy with your reception?
6. what is your advice to me?
David Foster Wallace
1. what is your response to Pale King being published?
2. do you think they could make Infinite Jest into a movie?
3. what was your editing process like?
4. how did you feel about fame?
5. did you still play tennis later in life?
6. what is your advice to me?
1. what is your response to Pale King being published?
2. do you think they could make Infinite Jest into a movie?
3. what was your editing process like?
4. how did you feel about fame?
5. did you still play tennis later in life?
6. what is your advice to me?
Richard Brautigan
1. what kind of book would you write now?
2. do you think people got you?
3. what is the relationship of alcohol and/or drugs to writing?
4. is death absurd?
5. where is the best place to fish?
6. what is your advice to me?
1. what kind of book would you write now?
2. do you think people got you?
3. what is the relationship of alcohol and/or drugs to writing?
4. is death absurd?
5. where is the best place to fish?
6. what is your advice to me?
