My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.

I have worked really hard to defy categorization, to break down a taxonomy whenever it comes my way.

Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that.

The past was so past it hurt.

I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.

I am in Boston right now, in fact, to do work at the New England Historical Genealogical Library, where I'm trying to finish up tracing my lineage back to the seventeenth century.

I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order.

Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

I judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out.

It's also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into the world more.

I'm trying to read more dead people because I keep having to read stuff for juries and so forth.

God is always working in every detail of our lives to help us turn our heart toward him. The life we've always wanted is found in Jesus.

Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film.

See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million different angles and they're all valid. But I think rock might be a world issue.

While expressing your desires, you would need to exercise control in order to prevent them from doing harm to you or to others.

I've been playing since I was 5, but I wouldn't say that I'm serious about the piano.

Weary or bitter of bewildered as we may be, God is faithful. He lets us wander so we will know what it means to come home.

What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings.

The Democrats' version of immigration is all about securing additional votes.

When things change, I think that's easy to get really wrapped up in the complaints.

Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.