Ben Marcus
Here are a few I have liked:
"Earth is round and open, whole and beating in its early years." — Rachel Glaser
"They were at sea; they were at the mess, corkskinned roughs in rummy spirits, dumb, loud, happy." — Christine Schutt
"Little children tend to disappear." — Mathias Svalina
"After murdering it beyond all recognition, they hung it." — Kyle Coma-Thompson
"Every six months a miner is laid off, gets drafted, or dies, and is replaced by another, so that very early in his life Tom comes to see how the world continually drains itself of young men, leaving behind only objects—empty tobacco pouches, bladeless jackknives, salt-caked trousers—mute, incapable of memory." — Anthony Doerr
"I know when people will die." Deb Olin Unferth
"Earth is round and open, whole and beating in its early years." — Rachel Glaser
"They were at sea; they were at the mess, corkskinned roughs in rummy spirits, dumb, loud, happy." — Christine Schutt
"Little children tend to disappear." — Mathias Svalina
"After murdering it beyond all recognition, they hung it." — Kyle Coma-Thompson
"Every six months a miner is laid off, gets drafted, or dies, and is replaced by another, so that very early in his life Tom comes to see how the world continually drains itself of young men, leaving behind only objects—empty tobacco pouches, bladeless jackknives, salt-caked trousers—mute, incapable of memory." — Anthony Doerr
"I know when people will die." Deb Olin Unferth
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Van Newell
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Ben Marcus:
Years after originally reading Waiting for Godot, I realized the influence that the Laurel and Hardy films had on Beckett. What are the unexpected influences on your writing that your readers may not expect? For what's it worth, I might guess the original Tron film. Thanks!
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