I had an epiphany: I was a loser.

Politics imagined as direct agency, whether by voting or by participating in politics, you can think you're not political because you don't do anything between elections.

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

My country's main exports are stolen cars and sadness.

A particular piece of music attaches itself to the piece I'm writing, and there is nothing else I can listen to. Every day I return to the same space to write, the music providing both the walls and the pictures on the walls.

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

I don't think that everyone should have a philosophical answer to any given question. There are things that need to be done.