“Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by something I...” — E. L. Konigsburg Quote

“Art comes from a visceral need and is usually generated by something I have seen; writing comes from something that happens in my head and my heart.”

“I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.”

“Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my characters. I know how things are going to end, and I know some important incidents along the way.”

“Youth is one of the most visceral times that I remember.”

“There's something very visceral about watching people beg for money. It's powerful.”

“I'm on record saying that HBO is the best television company in the world, and I believe they are. I think they absolutely understand how to make television that is really, really vital and interesting and visceral, and all the things that television really should be.”