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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I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

I'm very staid compared to my students, actually.

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students...

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students...

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 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...

I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.

I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.

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...

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.

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.

I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

Some of the stuff about Yogi energy is really fascinating.

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...

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...

You can do whatever you want with my work.

You can do whatever you want with my work.

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.

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...

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

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 found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

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...

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...