I kind of dislike ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls,’ but most of Hemingway in general, mainly because his stylistic shenanigans ruined so many young writers of my generation who tried to imitate him. I think, for his time, he moved fiction to a different level stylistically, or at least added to the dialogue, but in our time, he’s annoying. Christopher Moore Read Quote
I have that special sort of novelist body of knowledge which is extraordinarily wide and very, very shallow. So I can usually answer the questions on ‘Jeopardy,’ but never the bonus question. Christopher Moore Read Quote
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. Christopher Moore Read Quote
I think beta males on an evolutionary basis are much more successful than the alpha males are. You don’t hear much about us, but there’s a lot more of us out there. Christopher Moore Read Quote
I thought I was going to be a horror story writer. My influences were horror writers, like Rich Matheson, Ray Bradbury and Bram Stoker. Christopher Moore Read Quote
I’ve sort of made a reputation by high-stepping my way out of genre. As soon as somebody says, ‘He does this,’ I’m not standing there anymore. Christopher Moore Read Quote
The only thing that matters to me about my stories is that they’re entertaining and they’re funny. And I tend to get bored easily, so I generally throw something supernatural in. I would say they’re humorous novels that have a supernatural bent, but that’s as close as you’re going to get to fitting them all in the same basket. Christopher Moore Read Quote
As an author, you spend a lot of time by yourself in a room making clicky noises. It gets pretty insulated. You realize pretty early on in your career that even if this goes well, you could spend all your life in a room alone. Unless you pick projects that are going to get you out doing things, you’re not going to actually live your life. Christopher Moore Read Quote
Everything in Venice is just a little bit creepy, as much as it’s beautiful. Christopher Moore Read Quote
