People keep saying, 'Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy.' I guess it does, but mostly it's just a relief. Michael Chabon greatguesshappy Change image and share on social
What's going to be hard for me is to try to divorce myself as much as possible from what I wrote. I'll have to approach it simply as raw material and try to craft a film script out of it. Michael Chabon approachcraftdivorce Change image and share on social
That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution. Michael Chabon absorbporousready Change image and share on social
Ideas are the easy part. I spend a lot of time batting them away, trying to keep them from distracting me from what I actually have to focus on and finish. A lot of times, they are a siren temptress beckoning me with the promise of a much shorter, simpler, more slender novel over the horizon, but of course that's very dangerous. Michael Chabon batbeckondangerous share on social
I remember tearing up the first time I read Nabokov's description, in 'Speak, Memory,' of his father being tossed on a blanket by cheering muzhiks, with its astonishingly subtle foreshadowing of grief and mourning. Michael Chabon astonishinglyblanketcheer share on social
I am a huge, raving fan of writer Matt Fraction. His semi-indie 'Casanova' series is an ongoing masterpiece of 21st-century American comics - and his run on 'Immortal Iron Fist' with Ed Brubaker was pure, yummy martial-arts-fantasy deliciousness. Michael Chabon 21stamericanart share on social
It is unusual for Joe to be that way, but that's what interested me. Michael Chabon interestjoeunusual Change image and share on social
I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image. Michael Chabon characterfeltgive Change image and share on social
As soon as I read that, it clicked: that's my theater of war. It was exciting to think that I could write about World War Two from a totally new place. Michael Chabon clickexcitplace Change image and share on social
The things I keep going back to, rereading, maybe they say more about me as a reader than about the books. Love in the Time of Cholera, Pale Fire. Michael Chabon backbookcholera Change image and share on social