JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
grind playing-around
Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.
arbitrary relation scholar
According to scholars of linguistics, the relation between a word and its meaning is arbitrary.
thanksgiving children santa
Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th.
art creativity writing
Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.
lying thinking winning
I always wanted to win the Super Bowl so I could take it and hold it and see what lies beyond it. I think it may be the sun.
library cards thousand
A picture's worth a thousand words? A library card's worth millions.
drinking literature study
Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo Clinic.
summer kids bird
When I was a little kid, of course, I was brown all summer. That's because I was free as a bird- nothing to do but catch bugs all day.
should-have mind affair
Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human affairs.
literature temperature truth-is
Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.
oysters way died
I prefer my oysters fried; that way I know my oysters died.
running thinking people
People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of Southern literature.
block believe writing
I think writer's block is simply the dread that you are going to write something horrible. But as a writer, I believe that if you sit down at the keys long enough, sooner or later something will come out.
book character rose
Pete Rose is too rich a character to fit on a bronze plaque. He requires a good, trenchant, poignant (ah, Petey) book, and this is it.