This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about - one is my job and the success that I've had in it, and the other is money.

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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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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 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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...