Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing.

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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...

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...

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...

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to...

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to...

I think it's really important to find out why people hurt you or try to...

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves...

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...

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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 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...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

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 question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

I question: do we really understand the differences between modernist and postmodernist?

You know I've had work banned.

You know I've had work banned.