Ask the Author: Timothy Cooper
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Timothy Cooper
Life's a river of inspiration. Walk down any street, pass through any country, fly up into any cloud. It's always there. It tumbles down like rainfall.
Timothy Cooper
The idea for my most recent novel, "2020 or My Name is Jesus Christ and I'm Running for President," came to me as a choirboy as I walked past newly-installed President Lyndon Baines Johnson in procession at a memorial service for President John F. Kennedy after his assassination in 1963. Only I didn't know it at the time.
Timothy Cooper
Like all American writers, I once hoped to write the great American novel. Now I hope to write the great Global novel. So that's the one I'm working on. Lord, help me.
Timothy Cooper
Never heard of it. Wish I knew how to turn it off sometimes. Suggestions, anyone?
Timothy Cooper
There is no best thing. It's all good. Where else can triumph and defeat, comedy and tragedy, stand side by side basking in equal equanimity?
Timothy Cooper
Write and read; read and write; preferably in that order.
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