... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.
Gish JenThat there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.
Gish JenI think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male.
Gish Jen