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I don't write about anything I don't love even if that love sometimes gets all screwed up and tormented.


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I never take any notes or draw charts or make elaborate diagrams, but I hold an image of the shape of a book in my head and work from that mental hologram.



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I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me.



Someday I would change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time.

Someday I would change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time.



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I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.



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What age is a black boy when he learns he's scary?



It was only as I wrote about fear that I began to find paths of access to feelings that were intolerable to me then.

It was only as I wrote about fear that I began to find paths of access to feelings that were intolerable to me then.



I want what we all want," said Carl. "To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.

I want what we all want," said Carl. "To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.



I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.

I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.





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