With my stuff, I think I've tried. I've been courted. I don't want to sound like an asshole, but I've been courted to be someone who could sell a lot of books.

I think all good art is outsider art.

We're artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me.

I'm sure we're going to find out one day that the brain is as worthless as the appendix.

New York exists for me. Not me for it.

Most book things now (with a few exceptions) are just built around nice, safe books written for nice and safe book club readers. These are usually the books you see on display at Barnes and Noble. These Internet writers are like literary terrorists to me. They're training as we speak. They're getting ready to invade. They're building an army.

I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' It’s just a painting.