Maybe When I'm Sixty-five I'll

Impotence, Fetishism, Bisexuality, And Bondage Are All Facts Of Life, And Our Fiction Should Reflect That.

People Know That Pain Is Part Of Our Nature, That It Cannot Be Avoided And That It Should Not Be Avoided. But Capitalism In This Country Is Focused On The Idea 1) That Life Can And Should Be Absolutely Beautiful; 2) That Beauty Can Be Defined According To An Ironclad Objective Standard; 3) That Beauty Can Be Held Onto Forever If Only You Do The Right Things Perfectly Enough; And 4) That It Can Be Purchased.

I Sort Of Hate The Novel When It Doesn't Push, Restlessly, Against The Tradition And The Traditional.

Maybe When I'm Sixty-five I'll Talk About My Literary Life.

I Think First-person Narrators Should Be Complex, Because Otherwise The First-person Is Too Shallow And Predictable. I Like A First-person Narrator Who Can't Totally Be Trusted.