Our lives are not all interconnected. That theory is a crock. Some people truly do not need to be here.

Baby, when you were young and your heart was an open book, you used to say live and let live. You know you did, you know you did, you know you did.

I've never written an autobiographical novel in my life. I've never touched upon my life. I've never written a single scene that I can say took place.

Price. You're priceless.

So…” Kimball looks at his book helplessly. “There’s nothing you can tell me about Paul Owen?” “Well.” I sigh. “He led what I suppose was an orderly life, I guess. “ Really stumped, I offer, “He...ate a balanced diet.

With "Taipei" Tao Lin becomes the most interesting prose stylist of his generation...

We buy balloons, we let them go.