Most writers need a wound, either physical or spiritual.
Because we are all poets or babies in the middle of the night, struggling with being.
I hire tea by the tea bag.
Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.
One of the many things I do not understand about Americans is this: what is it like to be a citizen of a superpower, to maintain democratically the means of planetary extinction. I wonder how this contributes to the dreamlife of America, a dreamlife that is so deep and troubled.
They're always looking forward to going places they're just coming back from, or regretting doing things they haven't yet done. They say hello when they mean goodbye.