I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it.

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One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper...

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper...

Thousands stand and chant. Around them in the world, people ride escalators going up and...

Thousands stand and chant. Around them in the world, people ride escalators going up and...

I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as...

I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as...

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz,...

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz,...

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction....

I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction....

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead....

If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead....

Rushdie is a hostage.

Rushdie is a hostage.

The future belongs to crowds

The future belongs to crowds

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way,...

I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way,...

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to...

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to...

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

For me, writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we...

Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we...

I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.

I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.

I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes...

I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes...

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound...

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound...

People will always make comparisons.

People will always make comparisons.

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It...

When you try to unravel something you've written, you belittle it in a way. It...

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.

There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.