I think, and a lot of that has to do with where I grew up in California; [status] isn't something I think about that much.
Paul BeattyWhy are the mainstream buzz things rarely contemporary? It doesn't happen very often. It's hard to feel culpable or implicated or even apathetic.
Paul BeattyIt's so hard to say what you really mean. For any number of reasons: to protect yourself, or if you just can't find the words.
Paul BeattyThere are things I don't like, like sitting at the head of the class. It makes me uncomfortable. I'll do it in a seminar if I have to, but with a workshop, I try to put myself in the circle somewhere. Because that hopefully frees up some people by making somebody else sit at the nominal head of the table.
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