Roy Blount, Jr.
Roy Blount, Jr.
Roy Alton Blount Jr.is an American writer, speaker, reporter, and humorist. He appeared as himself in Treme. He performs with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band composed entirely of writers. He is also a former president of the Authors Guild...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth4 October 1941
CountryUnited States of America
thinking president television
Obama's got a great sense of humor, but mainly he has a great thinking presence, which is uncommon. It's hard to imagine being able to do, think over answers and deliver them on television. If I were president I would constantly be spluttering.
writing thinking smooth
I think what's really hard is making sense and making what you write clear and smooth-flowing.
thinking scary lines
Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor.
husband writing thinking
I think a writer is not an ideal husband... Writers tend to get off into their own heads and not notice the people that they're living with, or they get irritable with the people that they're living with when the people insist on being noticed.
weed garden thinking
I heard on public radio recently, there's a thing called Weed Dating. Singles get together in a garden and weed and then they take turns, they keep matching up with other people. Two people will weed down one row and switch over with two other people. It's in Vermont. I don't think I'd be very good at Weed Dating.
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.
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.
thinking arbitrary wince
I just think lots of words have physicality. How about the word 'wobble?' You think that's arbitrary? When you say the word 'wince,' you wince. How about that?
weed thinking solitary
I like weeding, but I tend to think of it as a solitary activity.
thoughtful thinking president
Obama's the most thoughtful-sounding president I can remember. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief. He always sounds like he's thinking about what he's saying while he's saying it, and that's a rare thing in politicians.
birthdays books buy easy looking next twelve
There will be birthdays in the next twelve months; books keep well; they're easy to wrap: buy those books now. Buy replacements for any books looking raggedy on your shelves.
We don't want bookstores to die. Authors need them, and so do neighborhoods.
human written
I have written some of the clumsiest, most clogged-yet-vagrant, hobbledehoyish, hitch-slipping sentences ever conceived by the human mind.
pin
The more you try to pin a word down, the more you realize that it has its own cape, sword and little hat.