Steve Toltz
Steve Toltz
Steve Toltzis an Australian novelist...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionNovelist
CountryAustralia
location move
I don't really have an office or anything, and I like to have to move location every two hours. So I just kind of write in a park, on a bench, in the library, in a cafe, back to the library, that kind of thing.
hide supposed whatever
I know you're supposed to hide your influences, but I suppose I see writing as riffing, really, about whatever you have been reading or thinking about that day or that week.
knew
If I knew a story page by page before I started writing it, I just wouldn't do it. The process of discovery is really important for my own enjoyment.
loneliness kissing laughing
When we finished the kiss she said laughing, I can taste your loneliness - it tastes like vinegar. That annoyed me. Everyone knows loneliness tastes like cold potato soup.
buttons email amen
Amen' is like the Send button on an email.
half moments endless
The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that.
enjoy
I enjoy being influenced by other writers.
burden
Friendships are an unforseeable burden.
voice
Raymond Chandler I love a lot, and the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. I really love his voice.
dare gave people
When people come up to me and say, 'I read your book,' I'm thinking, 'How dare you! Who gave you a copy?'