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

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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 am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England...

I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England...

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...

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it...

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it...

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

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...

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...

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...

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...

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

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.

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

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

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...

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 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,...

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.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

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

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

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...