I know a lot of people in the city, at all levels, horizontally and vertically - and that to me is a privilege, to me as a person but also a writer. I've dined with billionaires, and I play soccer with busboys.

I think it's interesting, from a creative point of view, to have witnessed the loss of consciousness on a national level and on a cultural level - Bush had 91 percent support in the polls after 9/11. We wanted to kick some ass!

Outsider means "I will accept the possibility that I don't have responsibility for what is happening inside my domain."

My skin was the border between the world and me.

I cannot think of a country in which I would be happy with the government and dominant ideology and available propaganda.

I dont make notes for myself because I either lose them or they make no sense to me at all. I once found a piece of paper with the note: everything. Apparently I made a note to myself not to forget everything!

I'm bright, but there are lots of bright writers and people everywhere. In no way, at no point do I think I'm better than them.