I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.

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I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so...

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so...

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book...

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book...

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26...

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26...

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's...

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's...

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist.

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books...

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books...

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at...

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at...

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what...

Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what...

I can write anywhere.

I can write anywhere.

I do have trouble with titles.

I do have trouble with titles.

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish...

Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish...

Success and money can really be quite blinding.

Success and money can really be quite blinding.

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such...

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such...

We are all naturally xenophobic.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.

Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.