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Christopher Moore Quotes

American - Writer | 1957 -

Everything in Venice is just a little bit creepy, as much as it's beautiful.

Christopher Moore

Beautiful Everything Venice Little

The reason I wrote 'You Suck' was that I so enjoyed spending time with Tommy and Jody.

Christopher Moore

Time Spending Time You Reason Suck

I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general.

Christopher Moore

Dog History King Breakfast Language

When you're telling stories, you are actually trying to illuminate some portion of the truth in an artful way. The story may immediately seem to be a lie, but it's like an impressionistic painting - you see the light and the color better than you would with a photo-realistic piece.

Christopher Moore

Truth Light Lie Painting Better You

I just finished a novel called 'Exult,' by Joe Quirk, last night. It's about hang gliding. I liked his first book, too, 'The Ultimate Rush.' I now know that I never, ever, ever want to go hang gliding, so that's good.

Christopher Moore

Good Night Book Go Know Want

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.

Christopher Moore

Work Good Cool Think Say Want

The fact that 'A Dirty Job' has comedy and supernatural horror in it, that both are woven in and out of it with a whimsical tone, despite the fact that it's about death, makes it hard to characterize with standard genre labels - but I have no problem with that. I'd call it a funny story about death, and leave it at that.

Christopher Moore

Funny Job Death Story Problem Dirty

San Francisco is a breathtakingly beautiful city, with lots of great contrasts between dark and light, often overlapping each other. It's a great setting for a horror story.

Christopher Moore

Beautiful Great Light City Story

One thing that's really delightful is my books tend to attract people who are funny, so I get the benefit of people writing me with things that crack me up.

Christopher Moore

Funny People Me Writing Up Things

As much as I encourage communication with my readers, I don't want reviews from them, simply because I don't need to be hamstrung in the middle of working on something.

Christopher Moore

Communication Want Need Middle

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.

Christopher Moore

Confidence Writing Negative Know

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.'

Christopher Moore

People Chance You Look Nobody Will

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