Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz’s unsung heroes

It's the stuff that happens right in front of your face when there's no routine and everything is unexpected. That's what I want to write about.

I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them.

I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences.

People will believe absurd things - in the 19th century and now.

Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz’s unsung heroes

There was a survey done a few years ago that affected me greatly. it was discovered that intelligent people either estimate their intelligence accurately or slightly underestimate themselves, but stupid people overestimate their intelligence and by huge margins. (And these were things like straight up math tests, not controversial IQ tests.)