Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

I always wanted to write something illustrated, and the Details strip finally gave me the opportunity.

Major theme of the book ["Hotels of North America"], from my point of view: what is persona, what is self, in the digital sphere, and/or what is the effect of it on self in a prolonged interaction.

There’s something really rich and powerful in not talking about what you need to talk about sometimes.

The past was so past it hurt.

God howls with laughter at earthly plans, you know?

The Great Recession is not imaginary, and the effects loom large. There was an article in the NYT about the galloping death rate among white men in middle age. Higher than among any other demographic, etc. Mostly death by drugs, alcohol, or suicide. Many of them rural. My feeling is that it's many people who haven't been able to get back into the work force. Reg Morse is an example of the problem.