Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore
comic funny good listen teach
You can't teach someone to be funny, but you can teach comic timing. If you listen to a good comic, you can learn how to put it on a page.
chance nobody otherwise stuff teach
When I teach seminars, I tell people, 'Your stuff has to look like something that's out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.'
brave nearly rascals reside spirit
I'm not nearly as outrageously brave as many of my rascals that I write. But I think the rascal spirit must reside in me somewhere.
I'm not afraid of getting into a subject I don't know much about.
cool good terms work
I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.
artful color illuminate light painting portion seem telling truth trying
When you're telling stories, you are actually trying to illuminate some portion of the truth in an artful way. The story may immediately seem to be a lie, but it's like an impressionistic painting - you see the light and the color better than you would with a photo-realistic piece.
figured knew since woke
Like most people, I woke up one day to find that everyone I knew was taking antidepressants, and since I wasn't, I figured that I must be the cause of their depression.
breakfast english history
I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general.
british cursing love sound vulgarity
I love British cursing - the cadence of it, the joy in the sound of the words, and the vulgarity of it.
bit
Everything in Venice is just a little bit creepy, as much as it's beautiful.
heart my-heart break
You're going to break my heart, aren't you?
car zombie way
Kayso, it turns out that driving an actual car is way harder than it is in 'Grand Theft Auto: Zombie Hooker Smackdown.
dragons demon foul
Foul and magical fumes bubbled out of the kettle, like the flatulence of a dragon on a demon-only diet.
white cake devil
Devil's Food?" You can only eat so much white cake, my friend.