Author: Charles Bock

Quotes

Really, I've worked my whole adult life at fiction, to try and write fiction.

Really, I've worked my whole adult life at fiction, to try and write fiction.

- Charles Bock

Writing books takes a long time, and one thing a writer must do is learn to live with his or her project.

Writing books takes a long time, and one thing a writer must do is learn to live with his or her project.

- Charles Bock

I remember, even in college, reading Cliffs Notes about a book and thinking to myself, 'Geez, that sounds like a good book. I should probably read it.'

I remember, even in college, reading Cliffs Notes about a book and thinking to myself, 'Geez, that sounds like a good book. I should probably read it.'

- Charles Bock

I had a string of really awful jobs in Manhattan where my whole point was to do as little work in the world as possible so I could hoard time to write.

I had a string of really awful jobs in Manhattan where my whole point was to do as little work in the world as possible so I could hoard time to write.

- Charles Bock

Too often in this world, the things you root for - whether sports teams or spouses to recover from horrible diseases - don't quite pan out.

Too often in this world, the things you root for - whether sports teams or spouses to recover from horrible diseases - don't quite pan out.

- Charles Bock

I flatter myself to even imagine I could have had a medical practice. There's no way. I'm not scientific or disciplined enough, lots of things.

I flatter myself to even imagine I could have had a medical practice. There's no way. I'm not scientific or disciplined enough, lots of things.

- Charles Bock

Las Vegas is a great place to be from, not to live in.

Las Vegas is a great place to be from, not to live in.

- Charles Bock

To me, fiction is the single best way there is - to me, it's the most profound way - of dealing with questions that have no answers.

To me, fiction is the single best way there is - to me, it's the most profound way - of dealing with questions that have no answers.

- Charles Bock

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