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

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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...

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...

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 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...

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'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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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,...

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.

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,...

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...

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 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...