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Chad Harbach quotes: Had he learned - would he ever learn - to discard the thoughts he could not use?

Had he learned - would he ever learn - to discard the thoughts he could not use?

Chad Harbach quotes: To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.

To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.

Chad Harbach quotes: A moment would come, and then another, and then another. These moments would be his life.

A moment would come, and then another, and then another. These moments would be his life.

Chad Harbach quotes: The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.

The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.

Chad Harbach quotes: he took her sweatshirt and hung it on a wooden

he took her sweatshirt and hung it on a wooden

Chad Harbach quotes: And as the end arrived and his breath left him he couldn't remember or imagine ever having cared.

And as the end arrived and his breath left him he couldn't remember or imagine ever having cared.

Chad Harbach quotes: I play American football every Saturday, which I find calming.

I play American football every Saturday, which I find calming.

Chad Harbach quotes: People loved to suffer, as long as the suffering made sense. Everybody suffered. The key was to choose the form of your suffering.

People loved to suffer, as long as the suffering made sense. Everybody suffered. The key was to choose the form of your suffering.

Chad Harbach quotes: You don't have to even see the common man anymore if you don't want to! Only through the telescope on your yacht.

You don't have to even see the common man anymore if you don't want to! Only through the telescope on your yacht.

Chad Harbach quotes: I think people have the wrong idea of 'Moby Dick' as this somber, boring thing.

I think people have the wrong idea of 'Moby Dick' as this somber, boring thing.

Chad Harbach quotes: It was strange the way he loved her; a side long and almost casual love, as if loving her were simply a matter of course, too natural to mention

It was strange the way he loved her; a side long and almost casual love, as if loving her were simply a matter of course, too natural to mention

Chad Harbach quotes: People thought becoming an adult meant that all your acts had consequences; in fact it was just the opposite.

People thought becoming an adult meant that all your acts had consequences; in fact it was just the opposite.

Chad Harbach quotes: There are three stages: Thoughtless being. Thought. Return to thoughtless being.

There are three stages: Thoughtless being. Thought. Return to thoughtless being.

Chad Harbach quotes: Most writers, most books, you have no idea whether it was a dollar or a million dollars.

Most writers, most books, you have no idea whether it was a dollar or a million dollars.

Chad Harbach quotes: here. Here he was bound to seem absurd. He

here. Here he was bound to seem absurd. He

Chad Harbach quotes: Life was long, unless you died, and he didn't intend to spend the next sixty years talking about the last twenty-two.

Life was long, unless you died, and he didn't intend to spend the next sixty years talking about the last twenty-two.

Chad Harbach quotes: It is no fun at all to have been writing a book for seven or so years, especially when you've never published anything before.

It is no fun at all to have been writing a book for seven or so years, especially when you've never published anything before.

Chad Harbach quotes: The problem, like most problems in life, probably had to do with his footwork.

The problem, like most problems in life, probably had to do with his footwork.

Chad Harbach quotes: Before long four dozen balls lay scattered at the base of the fence, a harvest of dirty white fruit.

Before long four dozen balls lay scattered at the base of the fence, a harvest of dirty white fruit.

Chad Harbach quotes: For me, the process always has to be pretty intense. I could never write just two or three days a week. It had to be every day.

For me, the process always has to be pretty intense. I could never write just two or three days a week. It had to be every day.

Chad Harbach quotes: Another older writer that had a huge influence on me is Chekhov. More contemporarily, it's hard to say.

Another older writer that had a huge influence on me is Chekhov. More contemporarily, it's hard to say.

Chad Harbach quotes: The challenge for any fiction writer is that your job involves simply sitting at a desk for a very, very long time.

The challenge for any fiction writer is that your job involves simply sitting at a desk for a very, very long time.

Chad Harbach quotes: Layers like a bad Van Gogh. Pella felt little beads

Layers like a bad Van Gogh. Pella felt little beads

Chad Harbach quotes: Everyone expected him to succeed, no matter what the arena, and so failure, even temporary failure, had ceased to be an option.

Everyone expected him to succeed, no matter what the arena, and so failure, even temporary failure, had ceased to be an option.

Chad Harbach quotes: these would be worn throughout Coshwale's omnicompetent

these would be worn throughout Coshwale's omnicompetent

Chad Harbach quotes: He paused in his gyrations to give Schwartz a high five. "I'm wearing my cap askew," [Owen] said.

He paused in his gyrations to give Schwartz a high five. "I'm wearing my cap askew," [Owen] said.

Chad Harbach quotes: There's certainly a large literature around baseball in the U.S.

There's certainly a large literature around baseball in the U.S.

Chad Harbach quotes: American history and the history of baseball are bound up together: our racial politics can be described and traced through it.

American history and the history of baseball are bound up together: our racial politics can be described and traced through it.

Chad Harbach quotes: Somehow, you can achieve a directness in the novel that you can't get anywhere else.

Somehow, you can achieve a directness in the novel that you can't get anywhere else.

Chad Harbach quotes: Reading 'Moby-Dick' was really a sort of transformative literary experience for me.

Reading 'Moby-Dick' was really a sort of transformative literary experience for me.

Chad Harbach quotes: In fact, there's a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.

In fact, there's a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.

Chad Harbach quotes: Henry," he said. "You are skilled. I exhort you.

Henry," he said. "You are skilled. I exhort you.

Chad Harbach quotes: She's been reading too much, he thought -had drifted across that line that separated what you might find in a book from what you might do

She's been reading too much, he thought -had drifted across that line that separated what you might find in a book from what you might do

Chad Harbach quotes: That little school in the crook of the baseball glove that is Wisconsin. He'd

That little school in the crook of the baseball glove that is Wisconsin. He'd

Chad Harbach quotes: Tall people have a real advantage in the world.

Tall people have a real advantage in the world.

Chad Harbach quotes: I've earned my living in all sorts of terrible ways - as a janitor, a copy editor, a psychotherapist.

I've earned my living in all sorts of terrible ways - as a janitor, a copy editor, a psychotherapist.

Chad Harbach quotes: Other things awaited. It was good to be young and to know it for once. So much unfolding to do.

Other things awaited. It was good to be young and to know it for once. So much unfolding to do.

Chad Harbach quotes: Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes.

Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes.

Chad Harbach quotes: The only life worth living was the unfree life ... the life in which you were chained to your one true wish, the wish to be simple and perfect.

The only life worth living was the unfree life ... the life in which you were chained to your one true wish, the wish to be simple and perfect.

Chad Harbach quotes: A soul isn't something a person is born with but something that must be built, by effort and error, study and love.

A soul isn't something a person is born with but something that must be built, by effort and error, study and love.

Chad Harbach quotes: So much of one's life was spent reading; it made sense not to do it alone.

So much of one's life was spent reading; it made sense not to do it alone.

Chad Harbach quotes: He wished that college required you to use your body more, forced you to remember that life was lived in four dimensions.

He wished that college required you to use your body more, forced you to remember that life was lived in four dimensions.

Chad Harbach quotes: For many years I didn't have health insurance.

For many years I didn't have health insurance.

Chad Harbach quotes: Just for the sake of my own stupid pleasure

Just for the sake of my own stupid pleasure

Chad Harbach quotes: But people didn't forgive you for doing what felt right-that was the last thing they forgave you for.

But people didn't forgive you for doing what felt right-that was the last thing they forgave you for.

Chad Harbach quotes: It remained an open question, how much sympathy love could stand.

It remained an open question, how much sympathy love could stand.

Chad Harbach quotes: It's quite a feeling to finish something you have been 10 years beholden to and to have a clean slate.

It's quite a feeling to finish something you have been 10 years beholden to and to have a clean slate.

Chad Harbach quotes: It's very hard right now to be a pro sports fan. The economics of this stuff is abysmal.

It's very hard right now to be a pro sports fan. The economics of this stuff is abysmal.

Chad Harbach quotes: You are skilled. I exhort you.

You are skilled. I exhort you.

Chad Harbach quotes: the chapel bells. Unlike most of his

the chapel bells. Unlike most of his

Chad Harbach quotes: There's so much standing around,' Owen said when Henry asked him what he liked about the game. 'And pockets in the uniforms.

There's so much standing around,' Owen said when Henry asked him what he liked about the game. 'And pockets in the uniforms.

Chad Harbach quotes: She hated the namelessness of women in stories, as if they lived and died so that men could have metaphysical insights.

She hated the namelessness of women in stories, as if they lived and died so that men could have metaphysical insights.

Chad Harbach quotes: By absorbing so many books he was trying to purge his own failure as a writer. It wasn't working, but he feared what would happen if he stopped.

By absorbing so many books he was trying to purge his own failure as a writer. It wasn't working, but he feared what would happen if he stopped.

Chad Harbach quotes: I've been a Brewers fan since birth.

I've been a Brewers fan since birth.

Chad Harbach quotes: You know, it's sort of common wisdom among New York publishers that short story collections don't make money.

You know, it's sort of common wisdom among New York publishers that short story collections don't make money.