I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.

The artist deals with what cannot be said in words.

Life goes on, even if two-headed and glowing faintly in the dark.

Great self-destruction follows upon unfounded fear.

At this point, realism is perhaps the least adequate means of understanding or portraying the incredible realities of our existence.

We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.

I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.