Ben Loory > Quotes

“Eventually the man comes to see that he has a mind, and that his mind is like a fist, wrapped tightly around a single thought. He cannot open the fist to look at the thought, for fear that it will fly away, but he knows that it is very important and that he must hang on to it, no matter what the cost.”
― Ben Loory, Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day

“Until finally he sees-- as it lies all around him-- the truth: it is space that makes stars.”
― Ben Loory

“Once there was a man who was afraid of his shadow.

Then he met it.

Now he glows in the dark.”
― Ben Loory, Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day

“The laws of physics in my stories are poetic. So they don’t complain when I break them.”
― Ben Loory

“I’m interested in compact, focused, laser-sharp stories that knock on the door and then shoot you in the face.”
― Ben Loory

“Eventually the man comes to see that he has a mind, and that his mind is like a fist, wrapped tightly around a single thought. He cannot open the fist to look at the thought, for fear that it will fly away, but he knows that it is very important and that he must hang on to it, no matter the cost. He stares at the fist and hopes that it is very strong. He feels like a man who has fallen asleep at the wheel and has awakened to find his car lurching off a cliff. He has applied the brake, he has swung the wheel to the side, he has offered up a silent prayer, but it is too soon to see whether he has done these things in time. He can only wait for the next moment to come, and hope as hard as he can.”
― Ben Loory, The TV

“I always have a whole bunch of different stories I'm working on, moving back and forth between them sorta willy-nilly. It's kind of like juggling all day long, every day—it just gets to be sorta routine. And then every now and then, suddenly you notice that something you're juggling has turned into a little diamond, and you pull it out of the air and turn it this way and that and then set it in a necklace or something.”
― Ben Loory