“I find inspiration in so many things—paintings by Gerhard Richter or Mary Heilmann, conceptual art, novels, a nice run at the blackjack table, a long mountain bike ride, talks with my wife, talks with other writers.

Also, music, it isn’t inspiration for me exactly, but listening to certain albums puts me in a mood, a frame of mind, sort of like method acting for actors. For instance, I listened to Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago over and over again as I was finishing my new novel.”
—Michael Kimball, author of Dear Everybody (Alma Books, 2008)