Jesse Ball Quotes - Page 2

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• Much of my work has been done in first person.

  Jesse Ball

  Done, Firsts, Persons

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• 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

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• I begin with an image of some sort, just as if you saw something out of a window, and then went to the window to see what it was.

  Jesse Ball

  Saws, Window, Ifs

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• I am clearer in my mind and a bit less confused than I used to be.

  Jesse Ball

  Confused, Mind, Used To Be

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• I'm clearer now in what I want to say, and I know better how to say just that.

  Jesse Ball

  Want, Knows

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• 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

  Book, Boys, Ideas

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• I'd say writing is easier for me now than it once was, but I do less of it.

  Jesse Ball

  Writing, Easier

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• I don't start with an idea or concept in the sense that I flesh out an idea or concept and set it at the center of something.

  Jesse Ball

  Ideas, Flesh, Concepts

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• A person always has a chance to protest this or that.

  Jesse Ball

  Chance, Protest, Persons

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• 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

  Book, Sticks, Would Be

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• Americans are genuinely and profoundly anti-intellectual. They are especially so in their pleasure-seeking, which is epically banal.

  Jesse Ball

  Pleasure Seeking, Intellectual, Pleasure

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• I don't think anything needs to happen in a book.

  Jesse Ball

  Book, Thinking, Needs

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• 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

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