It's true you have to screen out a lot living in the city. I stayed away from New York for a long time after college, and when I was first back, I'd read The Village Voice and feel like I was having a panic attack.
Lynne TillmanI 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.
Lynne TillmanI'm interested in reality but I'm not interested in realism at all. I'm interested in the ways that I think people want to relate.
Lynne TillmanI think the slowness of exchange is over, and the idea of waiting for a response - that's gone. People don't want to wait. It's all this instantaneity. That's fine. But it also makes writing different, if you're writing for an instant exchange compared with being able to have time for more reflection.
Lynne Tillman