I seem to get the best work when I'm angry and depressed and alienated.

Young people like to feel self-righteous, like they're on the right side of things.

I start writing, pull whatever images happen to occur to me and make up a story, instead of starting with details that are real and I know of and going from there.

My son, who sees me almost every day of his life, will look at me and go, "I know that dude! I like that dude!" It's incredibly affirming.

I make up stories that take place in real space with real people. If I could convert this into a technique for experimental novels, I might really be onto something.

North Carolina was on the vanguard of being for [ trans rights ], and that's why we're seeing this push back. The conservatives noticed that there had been a lot of progress and they tried to tamp it down.

Take dance music: I like enough of it and its history to be able to say a word or two about this or that record, but I'm nobody's authority.