We live in specific places. We are marked by a place.
In fiction 'issues' are accidental, sometimes incidental. The place and the people it creates are paramount.
Humour's the pay-off for all that existential horror.
Humour is God's special gift to humanity. Handy, because it turns out to be necessary.
I wanted to be a writer all my life. Since I was 10. And then at a certain point I began to assume I was one, which is rich, I know. I didn't meet a writer until I was nearly an adult, so I had no idea what I'd bet the farm on.
The notion that love is abroad in the world has shaped my life.