June 9, 2021

Robert Coover: "Why write?"

“Because epitaphs — well struck — give death — our voracious master — heartburn. Because fiction imitates life’s beauty, thereby inventing the beauty life lacks. Because fiction is the best position — at once exotic and familiar — for fucking the world. Because fiction — mediating paradox — celebrates it … Because — in its terrible isolation — it is a path to brotherhood.”

– Robert Coover answering the question, ‘Why Write?’