It turns out that my memory is just not that great, so for specific scenes with people doing stuff, sometimes I'd have the details all wrong or I couldn't remember what happened exactly, so I just let that be.

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I love comic books and always did as a kid.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

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...

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,...

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.

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...

The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content.

The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content.

I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.

I made this list of stuff that it's time for me to try to do.

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...

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...

I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of...

I judged about a zillion awards this year so I've been reading a lot of...

It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent...

It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent...

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.

When prose gets too stylized and out of control - and Stein is sometimes a...

When prose gets too stylized and out of control - and Stein is sometimes a...

I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the...

I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the...

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

Literature precedes genre.

Literature precedes genre.

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

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

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

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...

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

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