Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

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I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it...

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it...

I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the...

I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the...

I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.

I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.

Literature precedes genre.

Literature precedes genre.

Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life.

Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life.

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an...

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an...

I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest...

I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest...

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

But that incessant drive to be out there in the literary universe that was important...

But that incessant drive to be out there in the literary universe that was important...

I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of...

I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of...

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a...

I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a...

When prose gets too stylized and out of control - and Stein is sometimes a...

When prose gets too stylized and out of control - and Stein is sometimes a...

I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the...

I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the...

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also...

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also...

The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content.

The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content.

Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect...

Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect...

I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for...

I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for...