That was one of the problems with the Narcissus figure. Here is a face looking at a face, and the problem is the image of the thing is never actually the thing. You try and grab it and it's not there. It's water. It disappears.

I do some messing around with things, not necessarily about me but about place and people and the things around.

I don't think you can have an imagination without having fantasy, and you can't have that rich a life without an imagination.

Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be.

When you're waiting for a bus, the thing to do is smoke a cigarette.

I've always wanted to figure out how to do a walking story. I'd never figured out how to do one and have it work or be interesting or have anything that it's about.

I know that I was able to find my way out of most of my feelings by writing.