I like small books. I like durable books. I like plain books. I like small type and thin pages. Jesse Ball More Quotes by Jesse Ball More Quotes From Jesse Ball Different times and different structures make more sense at one point in life than at another. Jesse Ball points-in-life structure different A beginning idea for a book might be: a boy emerges from a hole in the ground. He enters a house. The book will take place in the first ten minutes following his arrival. Jesse Ball boys book ideas The books turn out to be about things afterwards. I don't go into them with concepts, for the most part. Jesse Ball concepts turns book I have a different purpose in writing each novel. Some of them seem more similar than others, but the purposes are always different. Jesse Ball different purpose writing I'm clearer now in what I want to say, and I know better how to say just that. Jesse Ball knows want I am clearer in my mind and a bit less confused than I used to be. Jesse Ball used-to-be confused mind I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation. Jesse Ball desperation pleasure book If Americans are to read something that is difficult, they will only do so supposing they will be admired for having done it. Jesse Ball supposing difficult done Americans are genuinely and profoundly anti-intellectual. They are especially so in their pleasure-seeking, which is epically banal. Jesse Ball pleasure-seeking pleasure intellectual As far as ideas about book design: I have plenty. But I also try and let people do their jobs. Jesse Ball jobs book ideas A person always has a chance to protest this or that. Jesse Ball protest chance persons A book can just be a description of a stick being snapped in half. If the reader is brought to feel the plight of the stick, well, you can imagine what that would be like. Jesse Ball sticks would-be book I don't think anything needs to happen in a book. Jesse Ball book needs thinking Clarity is the most important thing to me - in thinking - and so I try in the books to be as clear as possible. Jesse Ball important book thinking Much of my work has been done in first person. Jesse Ball done persons firsts I believe my friends think I'm funny. All the books are full of humor. Maybe it is a quiet sort of humor that masquerades as not-much-at-all. It is certainly easy to miss. Jesse Ball believe book thinking I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it. Jesse Ball easier writing To a liar, the most dangerous individual is the person who catches lies but doesn't say anything about it. Then the liar isn't sure which lies are compromised. Jesse Ball liar person say dangerous Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth. Jesse Ball say need truth matter When I was a child, my father would read out loud to my brother, my mother, and me. Several times in the course of my childhood, he would read 'Alice and Wonderland' and 'Through the Looking Glass' over a few weeks. They were a great favorite with all of us. Jesse Ball me childhood mother father
