Latest Alexander Weinstein Quotes from Interviews

• We shuffle out of office buildings after being laid-off by draconian bosses; we sit on hold for ten minutes only to be told by a supervisor that the charge on our cable bill can't be removed; we click a crying emoji on Facebook as our last whimper of protest. So rather than end the story ["Ice Age"] with the expected violence and destruction of evil, I wanted to focus on the way the characters end up sabotaging their own community though their attachments to the consumerism of the old world.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Character, Ice, Attachment

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• Presently we're seeing these kinds of battles for our most vulnerable students - such as Trans and LGBTQ students. You have a lot of conservative parents/school boards making life much harder for these children by trying to ensure bullying remains in place.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Bullying, Children, School

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• "Rocket Night" is my take on bullying culture. I think this is getting better, thanks to the anti-bullying work being done by my generation. But there's a way that coaches, teachers, parents, and administration officials can conspire against our students who need the most support.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Teacher, Bullying, Night

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• Se nos pide que seamos "auténticos" y "honestos" con el mundo a través de las redes sociales. Se nos pide que publiquemos en Facebook e Instagram fotos de nuestra boda, de nuestro bebé (a los pocos minutos de nacer), del estado de nuestra relación y de nuestras penas y alegrías. Del mismo modo, construimos nuestra personalidad a través de aplicaciones de citas y sitios de redes. Todas estas redes sociales nos presionan para que compartamos los detalles personales de nuestras vidas con masas desconocidas. Así que la presión sobre los personajes de "Apertura" no es meramente romántica, sino también pública y social.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Baby, Grief, Character

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• Sólo me preocupa que la tecnología que inventé en esa historia ["La pirámide y el culo" ] se convierta en realidad, y George W. Bush pueda clonarse en un nuevo cuerpo y ser "reelegido" gracias a una ley de clonación aprobada por él y sus compinches. ¡Dios nos libre!

  Alexander Weinstein

  Real, Technology, Pyramids

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• "Openness" [story] ultimately asks this same question - can a relationship survive complete honesty? As a romantic, I want to say "Yes, of course!" But, over time, I've come to agree with Dan Savage.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Honesty, Want, Savages

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• En la historia ["La pirámide y el culo"] hay una guerra contra los llamados terroristas budistas. Como descubrimos, en realidad no son terroristas en absoluto, sólo buenas personas que intentan liberar a la gente de la tecnología y luchar contra un gobierno/corporación estadounidense que intenta cooptar nuestras almas. El racismo y la budismofobia inherentes a la historia juegan a favor de la actual demonización del Islam y de nuestra pérdida de conocimiento sobre la gran historia espiritual de los sufíes, por ejemplo, o de la herencia cultural de Oriente Medio.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Spiritual, Buddhist, War

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• Ese relato en concreto ["La pirámide y el culo"] se escribió durante los oscuros días de los años de Bush. George W. Bush acababa de ser "reelegido" (o elegido por primera vez, según cómo se cuenten las elecciones robadas) y parecía que el horror de su presidencia iba a durar para siempre.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Dark, Pyramids, Years

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• [George W.] Bush's presidency was one of the great nightmares of my life to date.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Nightmare, Presidency

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• David Foster Wallace was a brilliant experimentalist who I deeply admire. His ability to do formalism helped me understand how to tackle stories like "Dictionary" and "Failed Revolution." "Dictionary," in particular, functions against narrative in many ways - each of the definitions are their own mini-story or prose poem, and the collection of them adds up to create a different effect than the traditional Freytagian Pyramid story.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Pyramids, Definitions, Narrative

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• El ingenio y el humor parecen ser siempre un factor a tener en cuenta (hay un tono irónico que se adquiere cuando se aborda una historia formalista), porque hay una voz inherente que se intenta copiar (y a menudo satirizar).

  Alexander Weinstein

  Voice, Trying, Tongue

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• I really admire the experimentalists who challenge traditional narrative - writers like Ishmael Reed, Michael Martone, Donald Barthelme, Tatyana Tolstaya, George Saunders, and many others.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Challenges, Narrative, Reeds

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• I love the Russian absurdists - [Nikolai] Gogol,[Daniil] Kharms, and [Vladimir] Bulgakov. Even within the Russian experimentalists, there's a lineage of traditional narrative, conflict, and character development, which I find vital to my storytelling.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Character, Development, Narrative

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• While my stories are experimental, they're also very traditional. I love the works of the great Russian writers like [Pavel] Chekhov and [Lev] Tolstoy, and their ability to portray our human struggles and joys.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Struggle, Joy, Stories

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• It's true, I do love the semi-epiphany. For example, in "Fall Line," the character's final decision is less epiphany than imbecility. He makes a choice, which the conflict hangs upon - whether to seek fame or actually change his life - and so, his decision is tied to the central conflict and his own hubris.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Fall, Character, Decision

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• I'll take a [Pavel] Chekhov comparison any day! He's of course one of the great masters at the short story form, and has helped define traditional conflict as we understand it.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Stories, Conflict, Chekhov

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• In Nepal, I realized a certain part of my spiritual search had come to an end. I wasn't ever going to live in a Himalayan cave (I like electricity and a soft bed way too much), and I sure wasn't going to find enlightenment so easily.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Spiritual, Enlightenment, Bed

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• While I've always been critical about this peddling of spiritual materialism, it wasn't until I went to Nepal that I came face-to-face with my own spiritual materialism. The thing is, Kathmandu is noisy, and dusty, and crowded, and everywhere you go you see these same Western yoga teachers, hashish-smoking backpackers, and fair-trade shop owners, all seeking the stalls filled with amazing Buddha statues, hand carved mirrors, beautiful yak scarves, and thangka paintings. And everyone is buying stuff!

  Alexander Weinstein

  Beautiful, Spiritual, Teacher

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• You find this watered-down enlightenment sold in mass quantity at yoga studios, high-priced shamanism retreats, DJ-fueled Ecstatic Dance parties, ayahuasca ceremonies, and self-empowerment seminars. There's a hope for a quick fix - if only we have the money and right drugs for it.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Party, Yoga, Self

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• Me doy cuenta de que he tenido una visión muy idílica de lo que es la espiritualidad. Sinceramente, la mayor parte de la cultura occidental tiene una idea idílica y simplificada de lo que supone la iluminación.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Ideas, Vision, Enlightenment

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• "Moksha" es en realidad una sátira de mí mismo. Siempre me ha interesado la espiritualidad oriental. Me interesan especialmente la iluminación y la búsqueda espiritual para liberarnos (soy budista de corazón). Durante mi adolescencia, imaginaba que acabaría yendo a la India para convertirme en yogui; estudiar con los últimos santos vivos en una cueva; renunciar a todas mis posesiones mundanas; aprender a levitar. Y todavía hay una parte de mí que se ve "desapareciendo" durante algunos años en algún ashram.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Spiritual, Buddhist, Teenage

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• However, in my fiction, I want to give an even further warning of where we're heading. And so, in "Heartland," you have people selling off their topsoil, and an underwater oil spill that has lasted over three-hundred days.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Oil, People, Giving

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• I'm a big fan of Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco's book Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, where they visit what they call The Sacrifice Zones of America and report on the current state of our environmental calamity.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Book, Sacrifice, America

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• Las catástrofes medioambientales a las que asistimos actualmente se consideran "normales" aunque sean horribles. La fracturación hidráulica ha hecho que el agua potable sea inflamable, las familias están muriendo de envenenamiento por plomo en Flint, Michigan, la eliminación de la cima de las montañas está matando a familias en los Apalaches, y las empresas petroleras y mineras siguen denigrando los derechos de los nativos americanos e indígenas en todo el mundo (véase el oleoducto de Dakota del Norte en la actualidad). Esto es horrible y, sin embargo, lo consideramos normal.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Drinking, Native American, Oil

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

• Parents are already telling their kids about falling in love online - there's nothing "frightening" or "dystopian" about this. So, the critique doesn't work, because we already consider our dystopic state of affairs normal.

  Alexander Weinstein

  Falling In Love, Kids, Parent

  Fuente: www.raintaxi.com

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