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

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Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

There's a backlash against womyn that's really bad right now.

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

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

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

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

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 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...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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 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.