I have a credit card and a phone. I answer emails; I answer questions on chat in the middle of the day. Then, late at night, I write against other people who do just that. Joshua Cohen Read Quote
Without computers, in the 17th century, we could classify the entire animal kingdom… there was this idea of the speciation, right? And now, all a search engine is is essentially the mathematical speciation of ideas – and these things really derive from the way that language is used and the way words relate. Joshua Cohen Read Quote
The larger your audience, the smaller your vocabulary and range of referents – the fewer your means of expression. You can’t rely on the luxury of intimacy. Joshua Cohen Read Quote
The M.F.A. is a degree in servitude. It is a way to keep writing safe – to keep reading safe from writing. Joshua Cohen Read Quote
Metaphors, similes, puns – all manner of metonymy – I’m interested in language that cannot be parsed by a machine – language that can only be understood through acculturation. Joshua Cohen Read Quote
