Anymore, no one's mind is their own.

My writing has to excite people and depict or include their experiences. That's part of my process - to go out and interact with people. It's very much like an archival process. I understand that the Brothers Grimm would go out and get people talking so they could document folk tales that weren't being documented any other way. I try to offer a little bit of myself - some experience from my life that evokes stories in other people.

The short stories tend to be a journalistic gathering of anecdotes that are put together to make something larger.

What if reality is nothing but some disease?

Burn the Louvre, and wipe your ass with the Mona Lisa. This way at least, God would know our names.

You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm.

It takes a lot to get people talking in airplanes. But once they start talking, you just can't shut them up.