Category: Art

  • How I Stopped Being a Self-Help Snob

    How I Stopped Being a Self-Help Snob

    “I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‘Where’s the self-help section?’ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.” – George Carlin

  • The Value of Mundanity

    The Value of Mundanity

    “I have always been caught by the pull of the unremarkable, by the easily missed, infinitely nourishing beauty of the mundane.” – Tana French

  • Genre As Metaphor

    Genre As Metaphor

    “The joy is not in subverting expectations. But delivering on expectations in a way that’s both inevitable and also emotionally surprising.” – Ari Aster