Some ego is involved because I guess one wants to be perceived as a good clown and one puts one's name on the art; but it's so hard to do anything in life, trapped as we are in our bodies, that is purely selfless for others... somehow the self is always involved.

I promote my own self-hatred.

For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.

I have very few hobbies. In fact, I have no hobbies.

Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure.

I always liked those characters in 'True Blood' who could turn into animals. I'd love to be an animal of some kind and run quickly through a forest.