I love comic books and always did as a kid.

God howls with laughter at earthly plans, you know?

I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training!

I sort of hate the novel when it doesn't push, restlessly, against the tradition and the traditional.

I'm trying to make sure that there's comedy as well as sadness. It makes the sadness more memorable.

I judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out.

I do think that just about whenever I am writing, or more accurately, whenever I have written, I feel better and more at peace as a human being. That doesn't mean, unfortunately, that the literary product is any good.