Author: Michael Chabon

Quotes

People keep saying, 'Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy.' I guess it does, but mostly it's just a relief.

People keep saying, 'Oh, you're getting all these great reviews, that must make you really happy.' I guess it does, but mostly it's just a relief.

- Michael Chabon

I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel.

I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel.

- Michael Chabon

That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution.

That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution.

- Michael Chabon

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in.

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in.

- Michael Chabon

So it was scary, but that's how it goes. To my great delight, I discovered that it did all belong.

So it was scary, but that's how it goes. To my great delight, I discovered that it did all belong.

- Michael Chabon

The things I keep going back to, rereading, maybe they say more about me as a reader than about the books. Love in the Time of Cholera, Pale Fire.

The things I keep going back to, rereading, maybe they say more about me as a reader than about the books. Love in the Time of Cholera, Pale Fire.

- Michael Chabon

Every time another review comes out I let out a deep breath.

Every time another review comes out I let out a deep breath.

- Michael Chabon

As soon as I read that, it clicked: that's my theater of war. It was exciting to think that I could write about World War Two from a totally new place.

As soon as I read that, it clicked: that's my theater of war. It was exciting to think that I could write about World War Two from a totally new place.

- Michael Chabon

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