Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be.

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There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk...

There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk...

I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it...

I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it...

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such...

So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such...

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

I rarely read or buy a book because of a review.

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book...

I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book...

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books...

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books...

I do have trouble with titles.

I do have trouble with titles.

I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.

I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan....

I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan....

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence.

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.

Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for...

Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for...

I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.

I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26...

I don't know what psychotherapy does. I have been seeing the same person for 26...

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's...

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's...

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid...

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid...

I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get...

I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get...

We are all naturally xenophobic.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

I can write anywhere.

I can write anywhere.