I Just Have This Sort Of Entrepreneurial

Sometimes I Wish The Writing And Drawing Were More Integrated.

I Try Not To Have Anything Too Much Going On Between Waking Up And Getting To Work. I Like To Just Be Really Fresh When I Sit Down. I Always Have My Best Ideas, Like, Within Five Minutes Of Starting. And Then The Rest Of The Day Is Just Kind Of Putting In Time.

I Suppose That A Lifetime Spent Hiding One's Erotic Truth Could Have A Cumulative Renunciatory Effect. Sexual Shame Is In Itself A Kind Of Death.

And Partly, The Worst Thing You Could Do In My Family Was Need Something From Someone. So Physical Strength Represented An Avenue Of Self-sufficiency To Me.

I Do Sometimes Miss Doing That Lighter, More Humorous Work, And I Find There's A Heavier Responsibility That Goes Along With A Literary Reputation. You Have To Start Knowing What You're Talking About And You Have To Go Have Public Conversations With Writers. That's Been Pretty Intense; I Have To Really Stay On Top Of Things In A Way I Didn't Before.