And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be so easily modulated by expectation.

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On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free...

On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free...

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where...

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where...

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing.

That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing.

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I...

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I...

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

One of the reasons I think the ultra right-wing has such power in this country...

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways...

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways...

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to...

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to...

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.

I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember...

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember...

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I...

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I...

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.