Local teenagers killed in a car crash is a suburban legend, a stock plot line. Stewart O'Nan Read Quote
I like the idea of being a working writer, not of saying that it’s going to take me 30 years to write my magnum opus. Stewart O'Nan Read Quote
If there is an audience out there for me, I want them to be surprised when the next book comes out. Stewart O'Nan Read Quote
My main question that I ask of my characters is, ‘What does it feel like to be you? And how do you get through the day? Where do you find the hope and faith to endure getting through the days, and what are your days like?’ Stewart O'Nan Read Quote
When I’m writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I’m walking through the world. Stewart O'Nan Read Quote
I’m not sure the risks I take are any different from what other writers take, since we all serve at the pleasure of the reader. Stewart O'Nan Read Quote
The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be. Stewart O'Nan Read Quote
Growing up in the ’60s and early ’70s, with the space flight and the Apollo program, I always loved planes. I always loved rockets and I always loved space travel. Stewart O'Nan Read Quote
