What genre it falls under is only of interest later.

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Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

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...

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing.

But that incessant drive to be out there in the literary universe that was important...

But that incessant drive to be out there in the literary universe that was important...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...