Roy Blount
Roy Blount
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...
people southern flavor
Lots of people have expressed consternation that I haven't gotten rid of Southern accent, but I just never saw any reason to lose the flavor that I grew up with. I enjoy saying some things with a Southern accent.
fun people
I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.
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.
people want lasts
I do not Twitter. I don't want to Twitter, and I don't see any point in Twittering. The last thing I want to do is tell people what I'm doing at the moment because I'm probably not doing what I'm supposed to be doing.
people done want
People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done unto.
stupid mean people
Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the accent itself.
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.
gin good heavy holds keeps
A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.
fun thoughtful interesting
It was easy to make fun of Bush, but it was sort of like shooting fish in a barrel and it didn't really feel all that good because it was so easy to do. I would much rather live under a thoughtful president. Even if it makes it harder to be funny about politics, it makes it more interesting to be funny about politics.
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.
sound would-be ifs
Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it.