We Hated Pretentiousness; It Was A Form

My Country's Main Exports Are Stolen Cars And Sadness.

I Recognized Him Then; That Is, I Finally Comprehended What I Had Known But Had Never Been Able To Formulate: He Had Always Been Complete. He Had Finished The Work Of Becoming Himself, Long Before Any Of Us Could Even Imagine Such A Feat Was Possible.

To Me There's No Difference Between A Book Of Stories And A Novel - They're Just Slightly Different Shapes.

I Like To Blow Up This Notion That All We Have To Do As Writers And Artists Is Represent Reality, Which Is Presumably Solid And Self-evident, With No Negotiation Of The Gap Between Myself And The World, Between This Body And This Space, Which Needs Narration To Close It.

Your Memories Become Fantasies If They Are Not Shared, And Your Life In All Its Triviality Becomes A Legend.