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

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.

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

The interesting artists I know are the ones doing political work. The most interesting people I know are the people who care about politics.

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.

I'd say it's never a challenge to present white and heteronormative privilege. The hard thing is to write any other way.

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.