All My Friends Are Artists, So I

All My Friends Are Artists, So I Am Used To Collective Agony As A Mode.

If You Can Be Anything Else But A Writer, Be It.

I Know California Isn't A Real Destination. You Can't Get There From New Jersey, Not Simply By Following A Line Drawn On A Map. The Process Of Arrival Is More Subtle And Complex. It Involves Acts Of Contrition. You Must Appease The Gods. You Must Find Novel Forms Of Penance. You Must Tattoo Your Children And Look At The Wonder. It's About Conjuring And Awakening And Intuitions You Wish You Never Had.

I Write A Lot By Sound. One Sound Leads Me To Another. These Sounds Aren't Random; They Have Their Own Logic.

Whenever I Get Lost In A Novel I Just Throw A Poem In. What It Does Is Flare Up, And It's So Illuminated That I'm Able To See Where To Go. I Write Between These Illuminations.