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

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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 wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students...

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

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

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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...

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.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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...

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...

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.