Like I'm Dragging Bundles Of Old Clothes?

Writing Is About Doing Something Very Close To The Bone. It's About Shocking Yourself. When I Write, I Like To Make Myself Cry, Laugh - I Like To Give Myself An Experience. I See A Lot Of Writing Out There That's Very Safe. But If You're Not Scaring Yourself, Why Would You Think That You'd Be Scaring Anybody Else? If You're Not Coming To A Revelation About Your Place In The Universe, Why Would You Think Anyone Else Would?

I Know California Isn't A Real Destination. You Can't Get There From New Jersey, Not Simply By Following A Line Drawn On A Map. The Process Of Arrival Is More Subtle And Complex. It Involves Acts Of Contrition. You Must Appease The Gods. You Must Find Novel Forms Of Penance. You Must Tattoo Your Children And Look At The Wonder. It's About Conjuring And Awakening And Intuitions You Wish You Never Had.

Writing Is Like Hunting. There Are Brutally Cold Afternoons With Nothing In Sight, Only The Wind And Your Breaking Heart. Then The Moment When You Bag Something Big. The Entire Process Is Beyond Intoxicating.

All My Friends Are Artists, So I Am Used To Collective Agony As A Mode.

As A Citizen Of The Post-historical Variety, I Am In Continual Mourning And Prepared For Worse.