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...
writing thinking smooth
I think what's really hard is making sense and making what you write clear and smooth-flowing.
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.
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.
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.
writing drug statistics
The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs'.
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.
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 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.
fun people
I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.
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.