I Am A Strong Believer

My Dad Had This Outlook: It Doesn't Matter What I Want To Read - Reading Was A Good Thing. So Whatever I Was Curious About They'd Get For Me From The Library. Books Were A Kind Of A Resistance To Reality. I Liked To Imagine Worlds That Were Different. I Still Do.

I Am A Strong Believer In The Intertwined Nature Of The Personal And The Political; I Think They Move Together.

Being A Writer Is Not The Point. Writing Is.

If We Want Things To Be Okay, We Will Have To Make Things Okay.

A Beard Is Something That Is Almost Like A Mirror To The Viewer. When Someone Sees You Wearing A Beard, They're Seeing Something In Their Own Imagination Because It's Still Me Whether I'm Bearded Or Not.