You're under pressure when you produce facts. You're working with facts in journalism, but you're under all kinds of formal constraints; there are expectations.

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In the plays - that's where I go crazy. But my prose has a much...

In the plays - that's where I go crazy. But my prose has a much...

When I'm writing for Esquire, my conscious thought is, I'm not writing for American Scholar.

When I'm writing for Esquire, my conscious thought is, I'm not writing for American Scholar.

I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of...

I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of...

I think it's silly for anyone to think you could write under the influence, but...

I think it's silly for anyone to think you could write under the influence, but...

I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat...

I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat...

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important...

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important...

If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up...

If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up...

I'd met a woman and I got married, but the money ran out right away....

I'd met a woman and I got married, but the money ran out right away....

I didn't finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria....

I didn't finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria....

If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that...

If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that...

What's funny about Jesus' Son is that I never even wrote that book, I just...

What's funny about Jesus' Son is that I never even wrote that book, I just...