You're one of 6.5 billion people now on the planet, and 99.9 percent of your genes are the same as everyone else's.

Everything I write, I believe instinctively, is to some extent collage. Meaning, ultimately, is a matter of adjacent data.

Nonfiction, qua label, is nothing more or less than a very flexible (easily breakable) frame that allows you to pull the thing away from narrative and toward contemplation, which is all I've ever wanted.

Momentum, in literary mosaic, derives not from narrative but from the subtle, progressive buildup of thematic resonances.

In my own little way, I feel like I'm part of a group of writers who care deeply about pushing the essay forward.

To me, the moment you're talking about nonfiction you're talking about reality.

My medium is prose, not the novel.