Rick Moody quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Rick Moody

Rick Moody Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Rick Moody on Wise Famous Quotes.

Rick Moody quotes: I'm not the guy to ask about the most up to date stuff.

I'm not the guy to ask about the most up to date stuff.

Rick Moody quotes: Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.

Rick Moody quotes: Which man among us is not, most of the time, possessed of the desire to curl himself into a foetal ball?

Which man among us is not, most of the time, possessed of the desire to curl himself into a foetal ball?

Rick Moody quotes: The thing you did to alleviate the loneliness was to take off your clothes and touch someone, even if you didn't really know the person well.

The thing you did to alleviate the loneliness was to take off your clothes and touch someone, even if you didn't really know the person well.

Rick Moody quotes: The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality.

Rick Moody quotes: The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures.

The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous life in other cultures.

Rick Moody quotes: There are men who need to defile themselves in order to get on with their lives.

There are men who need to defile themselves in order to get on with their lives.

Rick Moody quotes: Would ectoplasm be considered an amenity? As I have said, I personally define an amenity as a specific and unexpected add-on to the hotel experience.

Would ectoplasm be considered an amenity? As I have said, I personally define an amenity as a specific and unexpected add-on to the hotel experience.

Rick Moody quotes: The middle is the longest in any story, and therefore the time with the most desperation.

The middle is the longest in any story, and therefore the time with the most desperation.

Rick Moody quotes: Maybe it was more than this. Maybe the bond that forms between people doesn't get unmade so easily. Maybe it leaves its mark for a long time.

Maybe it was more than this. Maybe the bond that forms between people doesn't get unmade so easily. Maybe it leaves its mark for a long time.

Rick Moody quotes: Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

Rick Moody quotes: There is no right or wrong reading of Naked Lunch, though some readings are more common, and thus Burroughs commercial is not the issue.

There is no right or wrong reading of Naked Lunch, though some readings are more common, and thus Burroughs commercial is not the issue.

Rick Moody quotes: What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

Rick Moody quotes: Fucking family. Feeble and forlorn and floundering and foolish and frustrating and functional and sad, sad. Fucking family. Fiend or foe.

Fucking family. Feeble and forlorn and floundering and foolish and frustrating and functional and sad, sad. Fucking family. Fiend or foe.

Rick Moody quotes: I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.

I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.

Rick Moody quotes: Normally, I am a little insecure about myself without a shirt on, as my days of being attractive are now behind me.

Normally, I am a little insecure about myself without a shirt on, as my days of being attractive are now behind me.

Rick Moody quotes: (He was a psychologist, and degrees in psychology, I find, often conceal deviant tendencies.

(He was a psychologist, and degrees in psychology, I find, often conceal deviant tendencies.

Rick Moody quotes: I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth.

I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth.

Rick Moody quotes: I don't know exactly how long the book as we know it will exist, but I fully expect to make it to my death without having to give up on

I don't know exactly how long the book as we know it will exist, but I fully expect to make it to my death without having to give up on books.

Rick Moody quotes: I am excited by Samantha Hunt. She's a writer I really admire a lot.

I am excited by Samantha Hunt. She's a writer I really admire a lot.

Rick Moody quotes: Linda cranked the greatest hits of heartbreak and we sat down on the carpeted floor to listen. I missed you.

Linda cranked the greatest hits of heartbreak and we sat down on the carpeted floor to listen. I missed you.

Rick Moody quotes: Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I really like.

Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I really like.

Rick Moody quotes: There were just enough flaws to make her perfect.

There were just enough flaws to make her perfect.

Rick Moody quotes: The sounds of southwestern cacti are broadcast for several weeks until, by general assent, it is agreed that cacti make no sounds.

The sounds of southwestern cacti are broadcast for several weeks until, by general assent, it is agreed that cacti make no sounds.

Rick Moody quotes: There's something really rich and powerful in not talking about what you need to talk about sometimes.

There's something really rich and powerful in not talking about what you need to talk about sometimes.

Rick Moody quotes: The idea to make hotel reviews the form of the novel came first.So I just started writing hotel reviews and tried to come up with a consistent voice.

The idea to make hotel reviews the form of the novel came first.So I just started writing hotel reviews and tried to come up with a consistent voice.

Rick Moody quotes: I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of books that just came out.

I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of books that just came out.

Rick Moody quotes: A bed is where a sense of shared purpose first takes root.

A bed is where a sense of shared purpose first takes root.

Rick Moody quotes: Demagnetizing is a fact of life.

Demagnetizing is a fact of life.

Rick Moody quotes: I published a bunch of my older books in e-book format with Open Road, which is great and has tons of hard to find older books available there.

I published a bunch of my older books in e-book format with Open Road, which is great and has tons of hard to find older books available there.

Rick Moody quotes: [I]t is things that make us happy when conversation begins to reveal itself as a paltry substitute.

[I]t is things that make us happy when conversation begins to reveal itself as a paltry substitute.

Rick Moody quotes: I was bent on love the way a crow is bent on a flattened squirrel.

I was bent on love the way a crow is bent on a flattened squirrel.

Rick Moody quotes: God howls with laughter at earthly plans, you know?

God howls with laughter at earthly plans, you know?

Rick Moody quotes: I sort of hate the novel when it doesn't push, restlessly, against the tradition and the traditional.

I sort of hate the novel when it doesn't push, restlessly, against the tradition and the traditional.

Rick Moody quotes: I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order.

I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order.

Rick Moody quotes: Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that.

Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that.

Rick Moody quotes: I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

Rick Moody quotes: I love comic books and always did as a kid.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

Rick Moody quotes: I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.

Rick Moody quotes: Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life.

Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life.

Rick Moody quotes: Never the romance without the bloodshed!

Never the romance without the bloodshed!

Rick Moody quotes: The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content.

The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content.

Rick Moody quotes: He seemed as though he were habitually preparing himself for something awful, and this was justified because many awful things had happened to him.

He seemed as though he were habitually preparing himself for something awful, and this was justified because many awful things had happened to him.

Rick Moody quotes: All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important.

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an artist, man, I don't do that family stuff - has begun to seem really important.

Rick Moody quotes: I am not that creative. And therefore you must be real.

I am not that creative. And therefore you must be real.

Rick Moody quotes: I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.

I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.

Rick Moody quotes: I have admired Melissa Pritchard's writing for several years now for its wisdom, its humble elegance, and its earthy comedy.

I have admired Melissa Pritchard's writing for several years now for its wisdom, its humble elegance, and its earthy comedy.

Rick Moody quotes: I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable.

I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable.

Rick Moody quotes: Isn't a tangle of limbs a glorious thing to behold? Don't you wish to be in a tangle of limbs?

Isn't a tangle of limbs a glorious thing to behold? Don't you wish to be in a tangle of limbs?

Rick Moody quotes: Updike worked this way, and I just kinda borrowed it from him. So the memoir will be relief from novel writing for a moment.

Updike worked this way, and I just kinda borrowed it from him. So the memoir will be relief from novel writing for a moment.

Rick Moody quotes: The past was so past it hurt.

The past was so past it hurt.

Rick Moody quotes: If I'm going to feel estranged and alienated and away from home I don't want anyone interrupting it to debate which berries to have in their pancakes.

If I'm going to feel estranged and alienated and away from home I don't want anyone interrupting it to debate which berries to have in their pancakes.

Rick Moody quotes: Tangled in one another's arms and nine times out of ten the things you think about a person make it impossible to touch them.

Tangled in one another's arms and nine times out of ten the things you think about a person make it impossible to touch them.

Rick Moody quotes: I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity.

I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity.

Rick Moody quotes: If God had designed the orchestra, then the cello was His greatest accomplishment.

If God had designed the orchestra, then the cello was His greatest accomplishment.

Rick Moody quotes: My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.