My own theory is that people are just so desperate for somebody they can feel better than, in America. Now that everyone's going broke and working 17 jobs - if they have one at all - at least they can look at these guys behind bars and think, "At least I get to wear my own clothes to work."
Jerry StahlI need - and occasionally love - to write for the same reasons I always did: hard as writing is, it's generally easier than life.
Jerry StahlI always figured I myself would never be lucky enough to die, I'd just live on and on in this increasingly dreary spiral.
Jerry StahlI think it's just too kinda juicy and compelling to imagine people in their private lives, but then half the time people's private lives are just so much more bizarre and Ted Haggard-like than you could ever imagine. It's almost hard to write fiction anymore.
Jerry Stahl