To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial. Which doesn't mean you need to attack the person, but you do need to look at it like you're trying to get information that has not been written about before.

The worst thing you can do to anybody trying to be creative is to demand participation in their vision.

Technology evolves faster than people do, faster than biology does.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home computer - I had to get a new job so I could buy a computer. It could all change though. In five years, I could be back at some daily newspaper, which wouldn't be so bad.

I doubt that pornography has been good for the advancement of society, but I suspect it’s done wonders for the advancement of computer technology.

It doesn't matter what you can do if you don't know why you're doing it.