Big things always interest me, but the big things don't work because they're too big. You have to find characters in which to couch all those things. Max Apple More Quotes by Max Apple More Quotes From Max Apple The things that block a writer are not the lack of words, but the same things that block all people - the difficulties of life. Max Apple difficultieswordslifepeople If I'm stuck in the midst of a story, I take a nap. It often works, and if it doesn't, I still feel better. Max Apple napstoryfeelbetter Things happen to all of us. The writer's job is to get you interested. Max Apple jobthingsyouthings-happen I've always been writing. Max Apple beenalwayswriting The story is my favorite form. Max Apple favoritestoryform Everything always interests me. Max Apple interestseverythingmealways I carry earplugs and use them even when it's quiet. Max Apple carrythemusequiet I prefer the plain and simple sentences: the ones that you don't notice because you're so interested in what's happening to the people and events that the sentences are creating. Max Apple youeventssimplepeople A volume of stories, bereft of continuity in plot and character, is often unified only by the writer's obsessiveness. Max Apple onlycontinuityplotcharacter I find that most novels are not good all the way through. A story can be good all the way through, every sentence. Max Apple findstorygoodway I'm not driven. I love writing. My imagination is always working. I write when I have time, and life allows me the time. Max Apple metimelovelife I work very hard at each story, at every sentence. Max Apple sentencestoryhardwork As a writer, I live in the world of literature and ideas, but I entered that world as an emigre from a medieval fiefdom, the sports world of Michigan. Max Apple livesportsworldideas As an insecure adult in Houston, a writer struggling to make myself heard, I was nourished by those hours with the Houston Rockets in ways that I did not recognize. Max Apple adultmakemyselfhours
