I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

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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...

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.

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 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.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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.

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

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

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

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...

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.

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 think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

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

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

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...