The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really the talk for those who have.

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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...

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...

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

Traveling around I don't think people are that horrible, I think they just don't know.

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

I think what we have in this country is a little more dangerous in a...

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

I'm really fascinated and you know I've been wondering about that usage of language, various...

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

We've been very bad at understanding why the right-wing does things.

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I...

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...

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 can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.

But I still don't have a clear idea of what my voice is.

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember...

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember...

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

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.

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...

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...

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...

When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction

When we risk no contradiction, it prompts the tongue to deal in fiction

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction is love and hate and agreement and conflict and common adventure, not lonely musings...

Fiction is love and hate and agreement and conflict and common adventure, not lonely musings...