Kevin Brockmeier

I keep an ongoing list of my fifty favorite books, which I recalibrate whenever I discover a new one that seems to demand a spot there.

I can tell you that I never begin working on a story until I have a title centered at the top of the first page.

I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

Although we will both die, and life is utterly meaningless, my time is vastly more important than yours.

People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.