Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that.

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I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for...

I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for...

My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC,...

My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC,...

But that incessant drive to be out there in the literary universe that was important...

But that incessant drive to be out there in the literary universe that was important...

I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a...

I didn't know how to kill off a character unless I was able, as a...

The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous...

The Ice Storm, because of the movie, has had, or is to have, a vigorous...

This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about...

This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about...

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also...

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also...

Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I...

Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I...

I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid.

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.

It turns out that my memory is just not that great, so for specific scenes...

It turns out that my memory is just not that great, so for specific scenes...

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose,...

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose,...

Literature precedes genre.

Literature precedes genre.

I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest...

I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest...

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an...

All the stuff that I used to treat with contempt - you know, I'm an...

Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life.

Maybe when I'm sixty-five I'll talk about my literary life.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the...

I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the...