My novels tend to take a long time to become exactly what they're going to be. They're fluid messes until I've done a ton of editing and refining and rewriting. When I write novels, I always make related scrapbooks to help me organize and test my intentions.
Dennis CooperI want to love someone so selflessly that he would never even think about going away. I suppose that's what most people want. In fact, that's probably why we don't kill one another all the time. Everyone's just a little too lonely to risk it.
Dennis CooperWhen I read Spencer Madsenโs poetry, I not only feel awe because heโs so good, one of the best, but I also think about how everything in the world is happening at the same time, and how the world we get to know is so heavily edited down. Itโs the hugest, weirdest feeling. I wish Spencer Madsen could be everywhere at once. I really love You Can Make Anything Sad.
Dennis Cooper