“It was just an idea I had, that it could be cool to have a book covered in fake fur.”
Tip: press → for another quote, C to copy, S to share.
Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college.
I met a lot of great people in Saudi Arabia and I'd like to see them again. And I'd love to spend more time in the desert and in the mountains. I felt really at home there.
I think there's a future where the Web and print coexist and they each do things uniquely and complement each other, and we have what could be the ultimate and best-yet array of journalistic venues.
McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book-as-object.
