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My secret is simple. I have a very short attention span, and writing lots of things fast appeases that very attention span.
I have a short attention span, so when one book isn't working out, I just work on another.
I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter.
As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it.
The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.
Plus the public's attention span is so short right now, if a skater doesn't strike while the iron is hot... well it's not like people will forget you, but they just won't care anymore.
American art in general... takes to surreal exaggerations and metaphors; but its Puritan work ethic has little use for the playful self-indulgence behind Parisian Surrealism.
I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father and he played a kid who was suing his father for alienation of affection or something. It was great.
If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesn't that show an incredible attention span?
