As I was walking I passed a person with his head back and a handkerchief pressed against his nose, trying to staunch the blood. He had a nosebleed.
Quote by Michael Chabon about blood, heads, people
Quotes by Michael Chabon
61 quotes by Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon - american Author
Life period: 1909
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.
Quote by Michael Chabon about war, world
At some point, I stumbled across a reference to a mission the United States sent to Antartica in 1941, just before the war began.
Quote by Michael Chabon about war
Dali kept coming up in my research. I was reading a lot of The New Yorker magazines from that time, week after week after week of incredibly detailed snapshots of the city from each year that I was writing about.
Quote by Michael Chabon about research, city, writing, time
Dali worked his way into the book because he seemed to have worked his way into New York City during those years.
Quote by Michael Chabon about city
Having chosen to set the book during this period, from the first day I was writing, I knew I was going to have to do something about World War Two.
Quote by Michael Chabon about writing, war, day, world
I completely lost interest in comics. I sold my collection. I didn't go back to them for fifteen years - until after Wonder Boys.
Quote by Michael Chabon about miracle, interest
I do see it as forming a continuum with the earlier books. It shares some of the same themes, in particular that of the friendship between a gay man and a straight man.
Quote by Michael Chabon about friendship, books, man
I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there.
Quote by Michael Chabon about childhood, self-control, common sense, sense, old, olderness
I have a deadline. I'm glad. I think that will help me get it done.
Quote by Michael Chabon about help
I hope it will appeal to people who haven't read the other books or people who thought they wouldn't be interested in them.
Quote by Michael Chabon about haven, books, hope, people, thinking
I like giving readers an opportunity to get a hold of me in that way and to read things I've written which might disappear otherwise.
Quote by Michael Chabon about chance, things
I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel.
Quote by Michael Chabon about work, love
I love tinkering with the web site. I'm a Mac user, and it's fun for me to create a web page with HTML, but I have two kids and a lot of work to do, so it's rare that I can steal the four or five hours it takes to pack together a good addition to...
Quote by Michael Chabon about work, good, good luck, love
