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

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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...

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

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

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

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'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 love comic books and always did as a kid.

I love comic books and always did as a kid.

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,...