I end up writing something every day, since I develop six or seven things at the same time - soccer columns, this and that.

Arabs are a complete abstraction in the propaganda world and all the death and destruction is completely unreal to Americans.

Everyone operates within their own domain and obviously those domains overlap to a great extent.

There's no bad writing; you did something. I was operating inside language, and I did something. I'm not ashamed of it.

I have been on the margins in terms of having to find a place to live and getting a job, but at some point, and before that point, I always thought no matter where I am, that's the center.

I don't believe in inspiration. I write when I can't avoid writing anymore.

Writing is a mode of agency in the world that is different from mere employment. There has to be some sort of ethical or moral drive, even if you are unaware of it.