Josh Malerman Quotes
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It's better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces.
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Maybe a thing has to be smart enough to lose its mind.
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I do know that I love placing my stories in Michigan because, if you collect all the ideas, it turns the whole state into one kaleidoscopic, frightening place. Michigan as house of horrors.
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We left because some people choose to wait for news and others make their own.
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I have ten thousand memories of myself writing alone in basements, bizarre servant quarters, cemeteries, deserted fountains, the band van, and other awkward settings.
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I can't imagine writing a novel without some sound. When you're facing a few hundred blank pages, silence can be cold.
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Most apocalyptic fiction makes it very clear that it's the end of the world. But 'Bird Box' hasn't convinced me of that. Is 'Bird Box' instead a suburban neurotic nightmare? I don't think so. But it's fun to consider.
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It's refreshing, if you ask me, to have lengthy conversations with clear, brilliant minds about books, art, and what ought to happen next and how. I love it.