Mark Leyner
Mark Leyner
Mark Leyneris an American postmodernist author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
outlook time worse
I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic.
husband father son
My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my own notion of myself as a son, father, husband, human being and male in this culture.
style trying world
As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles of narrative don't conform to my style of experiencing the world.
theater
I've always been entranced with theater.
trying delight reader
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.
yards looks manuscripts
I can tell from about 20 yards away when someone has a manuscript for me. I can just tell - they have that look.
generosity spirit animated
I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.
dots hot dense
I was an infinitely hot and dense dot.
outlook apocalyptic walks
I dont walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. Its worse than bleak, its apocalyptic.
unique hollywood enthusiastic
One of the things that struck me as unique about Hollywood is that I never had bad meetings. There were all enthusiastic, but meaninglessly enthusiastic.
original sell sit stroke three
This wasn't calculated, ... We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.
original sell sit stroke three
This wasn't calculated. We didn't sit down and think, 'In three weeks, we can sell 500,000 copies.' But Billy's original idea was a stroke of genius.