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Mark Leyner (born 1956) is an American postmodernist author.

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In me, speaking psychologically, there is always an ongoing struggle between my enormously self-regarding, almost delusionally aspirational, Napoleonic personality and a marginalized one.

Napoleonic, Ongoing, Personality, Speaking, Struggle

I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.

Animated, Generosity, Spirit, Unhinged, Work

Stand-up comedy had an interesting effect on me in terms of how I started to think about constructing things, because I really loved the interstices, the linkages, or lack thereof.

Comedy, Interesting, Interstices, Linkages, Things, Thinking

I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something or disparage something.

Disparage, Fun, Interesting, Make, Simply, Thinking

Yo! You’re my dope dealer not my thesis adviser. If I wanted your opinion about my dissertation, I’d have asked for it, Motherfucker!

Adviser, Asked, Dope, Opinion, Wanted

When I started, I wanted to be thought of as tortured and seductive, not funny, but humor tends to be a reflexive part of a person's sensibility. It's an almost impossible thing to teach anyone, which leads me to believe that it's intuitive.

Believe, Funny, Impossible, Impossible Things, Seductive

My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my own notion of myself as a son, father, husband, human being and male in this culture.

Culture, Father, Generally, Husband, Male, Son

I dont walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. Its worse than bleak, its apocalyptic.

Apocalyptic, Bleak, Outlook, Time, Walks

Actually what's worse than a dog's mouth is a cat's mouth. They're not dirtier per se, but they have sharper teeth, so they are much more likely to go deep, should they bite you.

Actually, Bite, Per, Sharper, Teeth, Worse

I guess I can picture things once they're done - I just can't picture actually doing them.

Actually, Done, Guess, I Can, Picture

Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or taking things to a ludicrous extremity.

Extremity, People, Things, Thinking, Trying, Working

I can tell from about 20 yards away when someone has a manuscript for me. I can just tell - they have that look.

Away, Look, Looks, Manuscripts, Tell, Yards

“Et Tu, Babe” was born out of my absolute certainty that a writer’s life was solitary and insular, and I was happy with that. I love reading and writing, it’s my whole life.

Babe, Certainty In Life, Happy, Reading, Writing

I think people got in touch with me either knowing my work, or probably more frequently just knowing a plot or sort of buzz about something I did and sort of saying, "Get that guy that writes the crazy stuff in here. "

Buzz, Crazy, People, Thinking, Touch, Writing

People have no idea how much work it is for a man to produce an ejaculation. You have this seminal vesicle churning out this fluid, the prostate gland producing an alkaline solution. It's like having five iron chefs in your crotch working to cook up this stuff.

Chef, Like, Men, People, Vesicle, Work

I've always been entranced with theater.

Entranced, Theater

The interesting thing about something in the back of your mind is that it can travel pretty far back in your mind.

Back, Interesting, Interesting Things, Mind, Travel

My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.

Delight, Reader, Relationship, Things, Trying, Work

I was an infinitely hot and dense dot.

Dense, Dot, Dots, Hot

As far as what I do, my value as a writer is certainly not to try to recapitulate a 19th century form. Certain styles of narrative don't conform to my style of experiencing the world.

Conform, Style, Styles, Trying, World

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