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

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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.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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 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...

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.

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

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

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...

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 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 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 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...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.