My social status in the last year has gone from zero to hero.

There are terrible things that never get easier, and there are things even more terrible that get easier with time and repetition.

I never take pictures. Skies are much larger in reminiscences and my friends are much better-looking. Photos crop reality into little squares; instead, I have very good binoculars.

My social status in the last year has gone from zero to hero.

People wanted to get me published, and my early work was so weird that they weren't getting anywhere. I thought, okay, I'll do something that's just a tad more normal.

In the rural South, the only interesting people were the sexual deviants. Everybody else was able to be part of the mainstream, and could find a way somehow.

I really like writing in English, and it's the best job I've ever had.