Marisha Pessl
Marisha Pessl
Marisha Pesslis an American writer best known for her debut novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 October 1977
CountryUnited States of America
ignorant mystery journalist
You journalists bulldoze life's mysteries, ignorant of what you're so ruthlessly turning up.
crazy blue sky
Like that lightning that comes out of the blue when there's not even a storm going on, just a crazy crack in the sky. With something like that right in front of you, you can't help but feel there's new possibilities out there.
differences
What, really, was the difference between something hounding you and something leading you somewhere?
night forever changing-your-life
It's funny how the night that changes your life forever starts out like all the others.
song writing character
When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words.
writing forever band
Occasionally when I'm procrastinating writing, I'll while away the hours on iTunes. You can just keep going forever and find these bands you'd never normally hear of.
army college political
In college I studied '60s and '70s radicalism, student activism, forms of political violence, groups like the Weathermen, the Black Panthers, the Symbionese Liberation Army, the New Left.
betrayal fall empires
Betrayal isn't ridiculous. It's the reason empires fall.
people hug special
Life had been a suit I'd only put on for special occasions. Most of the time I kept it in the back of my closet, forgetting it was there. We were meant to die when it was barely stitched anymore, when the elbows and knees were stained with grass and mud, shoulder pads uneven from people hugging you all the time, downpours and blistering sun, the fabric faded, buttons gone.
self people behavior
People had an illogical, self-serving rationale when it came to interpreting the behavior of others.
hot kind aids
It’s got to be some kind of cult. Anyone offers you Kool-Aid or a hot shower, say no.
people monstrous
…how monstrous the people you loved could be.
powerful sunshine people
Look at Picasso. O’Neill. Tennessee Williams. Capote. Were these shiny happy people spreading sunshine? No. Only the greatest of personal demons can force you to do powerful work.
people life-is realizing
People don’t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus.