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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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 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...

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...

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...

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

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...

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.

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.

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 the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

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...

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...

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

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

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

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.

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

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...