I guess I can picture things once they're done - I just can't picture actually doing them. Mark Leyner More Quotes by Mark Leyner More Quotes From Mark Leyner I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity. Mark Leyner animatedgenerosityspirit 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 delightreadertrying I thought of myself as kind of an anarchist all my whole adult life, from the days when I was 15 or 16. Mark Leyner anarchistadultskind The interesting thing about something in the back of your mind is that it can travel pretty far back in your mind. Mark Leyner interesting-thingsmindinteresting I think as I have gotten older, my feelings about my role in the culture as a writer, and me specifically, has changed, and has become more degraded and marginalized. This may be a more personal and psychological than a sociological insight, but I feel more vulnerable. Mark Leyner feelingsculturethinking Stand-up comedy had an interesting effect on me in terms of how I started to think about constructing things, because I really loved the interstices, the linkages, or lack thereof. Mark Leyner comedyinterestingthinking I've always been entranced with theater. Mark Leyner theater I think of memory as a game, that is as something one engages in with a very profound kind of "playfulness." Mark Leyner gamesmemoriesthinking 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 gamesplayart I think I'm a shy, self-conscious person who thinks he's being looked at and tries to look okay. Not in a hottie, narcissistic way necessarily. Mark Leyner selftryingthinking One of the things that struck me as unique about Hollywood is that I never had bad meetings. There were all enthusiastic, but meaninglessly enthusiastic. Mark Leyner enthusiastichollywoodunique I think people got in touch with me either knowing my work, or probably more frequently just knowing a plot or sort of buzz about something I did and sort of saying, "Get that guy that writes the crazy stuff in here." Mark Leyner crazywritingthinking I'm in that very preliminary stage of wondering how exactly to "pressurize" the novel in some way I've never considered before. Mark Leyner stagewonderway My idea with my work is always to fashion something that's impossible to transpose into any other media. Mark Leyner fashionmediaideas
