I think it's very hard to reconcile oneself to the notion that it may not matter what you think if you still want to write.

I think many writers really believe that being published is a traumatic experience.

When I'm choosing things, there's a level of intelligence I want to peel off, whether it's written in terribly simple sentences, whether it's from the point of view of a dog, or a 15-year-old boy.

I think it's true that unless human beings experience something, they simply don't understand what people are going through.

When something in a sequence is edited, if you repeat an image, but in a different place, the effect is different. Because the brain is remembering, and the different juxtaposition triggers other memories, thoughts, ideas, and so on.

A book coming out into the world can be a harsh, harsh time. And your feelings are on the line. Everything that publication is about is really not what your writing is about. Your writing is coming out of something else, and publication and being in the public are something else. And those of us who have published, in whatever way we're published, are very fortunate.

I still do believe that form and content are very much related. I think throwing away some of the rule books on that is a good thing.