David Foster Wallace interview on Charlie Rose (1997)

David Foster Wallace talks about David Lynch, dealing with fame, and the essays in “A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again."

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[bereaben]

Homeboy grapples with every single word, and every single idea, and drags it from the pit of his soul. Watching him grimace after answering questions is strangely compelling and also devastating. Wish DFW was still around.

[wilhelmvg]

“I could never rock the bandana, but I learned a lot while watching him wear it” - Bill Burr talking about being a student of David’s at Amherst College

[JimElford]

This dude was like a conduit for pure thought, logic, empathy and feeling. RIP

[kevinfalls]

Around the 19 minute mark it reminded me of this footnote that appears in a physics text book: "It could be avoided if equations could be written in three-dimensional arrays, but unfortunately publishers are as yet unable to provide such a service. A novelist, or the writer of any work for that matter, will have encountered a similar problem many times. Ideas are linked to one another in complicated patterns but in expressing them one is forced to string them out in a line, sentence by sentence." - Bryce DeWitt

[billiondollardan]

Wallace seems to be so hard on himself in this interview. His facial expressions show a high degree of disgust at his answers

[pilarboutte]

That someone was THAT brilliant AND empathic and had genuine humility as well....very, very rare person.

[CrazyCow]

"quit worrying about how you're going to look and just be"


"you confront your own vanity when you think about going on tv"


they both were right

[johnsmith]

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

[wulyflyf]

I probably have watched this 2-3 times a month. It’s incredibly hard to watch, as not a day goes by that I don’t wish David was still with us. Listening and watching him speak, is incredible. I can’t think of anyone else who was so incredibly articulate, yet chose his words so carefully with such ease. Watching him have such disdain, or what seems like disdain, or embarrassment regarding his answers, his gritting teeth, his constant doubt, apologizing, you can tell he was deeply depressed. One of the most brilliant human beings, gone way too soon. There will never be a DFW, but his work will live on forever, and Infinite Jest will forever be a highlight among the music, film and literature of Generation X, and the 1990s.

[troystreacker]

He's such a perfectionist.... and he thinks so fast... and layers the thoughts...

[MrZombiekiller]

"Is that anything like an answer?!?"

I've never seen someone hate on themselves so much while literally being praised

[DrBill-zvdx]

My best friend Billy was a mathematical genius. He taught me advanced calculus at 21. Sadly he drank himself to death at 41 . He would have gotten along great with this guy . RIP David Foster and Billy G . 🙏🏼❤️

[TheTempleman]

This is an amazing gem, you don’t see things like this anymore, this is intense sincereity, absolutely wonderful to watch, so present and real, genuineness in the world today like this is unseen. This kind of engage reinvigorates my life force, it’s beautiful.

Rip brother, after watching this I feel a kindred sense of spirit, a strong yearning for something that matters, and that thing that matters is just a feeling in yourself that brings you to life and is mysterious but draws you forth.

[ThatGuy]

3:17 A few minutes a day writing and the rest of the day worrying about not writing. Hits way too close to home

[devil_pls]

He is my favorite artist along with Elliott Smith. They both have a way of describing the way we percieve life that is so icredibly nuanced and fascinating that I could spend hours listening to them and hear their thoughts on things. Its so incredibly tragic how it ended for both of them. I really hope they rest easy now where ever they are. Love you both Elliot and David.

Edit: I know that they both obviously had a similiar tragic end to their life but beyond that I think especially Wallace was exceptional at describing how reality feels to so many of us that he transcends allot of traditional artists. Even Elliott. The reason I listed Smith besides Wallace was simply that he was a very unconventional artist who, pretty much by luck broke into the main stream just like Wallace did. Both extremely shy and without any kind of superiority in them. Hope that clears it up a bit.

[Mhgogetter]

“The normal incentives to get out of bed don’t apply anymore.” Jesus; that hits home hard.

[ChumpWumber]

Dang that last line is haunting and kinda scary

[bnlang]

"you're seriously asking me my opinion on The English Patient?"

[unrulysimian]

“... no apologies, but that’s an explanation.”
👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻