Christopher Moore
Christopher Moore
chance nobody otherwise stuff teach
When I teach seminars, I tell people, 'Your stuff has to look like something that's out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.'
comic funny good listen teach
You can't teach someone to be funny, but you can teach comic timing. If you listen to a good comic, you can learn how to put it on a page.
blog diction goth perky
When I was writing 'You Suck,' in 2006, I constructed the diction of the book's narrator, perky Goth girl Abby Normal, from what I read on Goth blog sites.
answer bonus knowledge novelist sort special wide
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.
characters life obnoxious
All of the trickster, rascal characters that I write have the voice I aspire to. In real life, you can't be that obnoxious and get away with it.
pryor richard
As Richard Pryor was to Eddie Murphy, that's what Kurt Vonnegut was to me.
takes
I can't write a book like 'Lamb' or 'Fool' every year. It just takes too much research and craft.
death
I don't give a toss about being remembered after my death.
advance reviews
I don't read reviews if I know in advance they're negative, because I can't have my confidence undermined when I'm writing.
horror ray
I thought I was going to be a horror story writer. My influences were horror writers, like Rich Matheson, Ray Bradbury and Bram Stoker.
somebody soon sort
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.
fans great humor senses
My fans have great senses of humor and eat too much chocolate.
enjoyed spending time wrote
The reason I wrote 'You Suck' was that I so enjoyed spending time with Tommy and Jody.
books funny
The reason I'm writing funny books is that I wish there were more.