You Can't Be Deep Without A Surface

I Learned To Write Fiction The Way I Learned To Read Fiction - By Skipping The Parts That Bored Me.

What's Lucky About My Career In General Is That I Stumbled Into What Every Writer Most Wants. Not Repeating Myself And Doing Strange Things Has Become My Trademark.

You Can't Be Deep Without A Surface

A Reader, Encountering A Sentence About A Barking Dog, Would Have To Dwell On Why That Choice Was Made At That Moment. Everything In A Novel Is Explicitly Chosen, Whereas Some Of What A Film Captures Feels Incidental, According To The Vagaries Of Photography And Sound Recording.

Every Artist Has Limits. No One Can Do Everything. It's Impossible.