Angry contradiction of the patriarch is not creativity; it's delinquency calling for attention. Difference for the sake of difference is as empty an achievement as slavishly following the commercial imperative.

It seems to me that the civilized human being is a skeptic someone who believes nothing at face value.

Stories are how we remember; we tend to forget lists and bullet points.

To get the truth, you want to get your own heart to pound while you write.

Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking.

Politics is the name we give to the orchestration of power in any society.

Story is metaphor for life and life is lived in time.