So much of the effort that goes into writing prose for me is about making sentences that capture the music that I'm hearing in my head. It takes a lot of work, writing, writing, and rewriting to get the music exactly the way you want it to be.

I prefer old books and find them more relevant. I dislike new books. It's like drinking wine that's not ready.

Music still sort of hangs up there in the sky for me as this thing that moves me so much, but I can't really make it. It's like a car I can't drive.

I try not to become too regular an addict of any one subculture.

Someday I would change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time.

I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously.

Waves, sky, trees, Essrog - I was off the page now, away from the grammar of skyscrapers and pavement.