I hear that in my head all the time now: 'Why don't you go and see?'.

I keep thinking of Robert Stone making the distinction between the word sublime and the word beautiful. He described being in a battle as sublime. Because even though people were dying, it was such a huge sensory experience that it became sublime.

When you do something that's going to speak to people, it's going to be because you're really allowing all of yourself to the table in an accepting way.

I have a lot of theories about the beneficial effects of fiction, but I'm always trying to get away from them a little bit.

I read to make myself feel awake.

That's the only way that I can figure out how to live, is to say, "Well, I don't know what this adds up to, but I can do the best I can."

So, good news/bad news: good news that I'm progressing; bad news that life is short and art is long.