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

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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 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...

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.

Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful...

Yeah, I mean, I put work out there for people to use and I'm grateful...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be...

And I'm working at trying to find a kind of language where I won't be...

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have...

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.