I wanted to do a collection where the narrator is constant throughout, so that there's a little unity.

I have two dogs myself and they are always around when I write, so they tend to creep in there.

Sometimes the autobiographical link in each story is very literal, like I did work at The Texas School for the Blind, and I did once lose a mattress out of the back of a friend's truck.

I wanted to do a collection where the narrator is constant throughout, so that there's a little unity.

I know that some of the things which happen in these stories are not likely, but sometimes I wonder if they are not possible in some way.

I like people who lead unusual lives, and very often a person with a disability fits into that category.

I was living in a house with 11 dogs and all I thought about was dogs. I never had sex with any of them though.