There’s often a sort of mysticism about war, wherein war is supposed to be a kind of ineffable experience that forever separates the veteran from the civilian in ways that cannot be expressed. I’m very wary of those sorts of claims.
I need to believe in the artistic validity of the misshapen, or there won’t be a lot of room for me as a writer.
What does ten years of violence do to the psyche of a nation?
In this case, the Internet, as bad a source it can be, is great for seeing if certain people use certain phrases. Like does anybody literally say “Dreams follow the mouth?”
Stein has written a novel that re-shapes itself upon each reading depending solely on the reader’s tack.
If I could only get rid of eyes — they’re always pools, or windows to the soul. If I could eliminate eyes, the world would be a better place.
Armageddon: The Other American Dream
Evil is a house of mirrors, and the Devil perhaps nothing more than the imagined embodiment of our every devilish inclination.
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door – Etgar Keret
After all, what is fantasy if not a wish for something new, something else, for some “knock on the door”?