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When I Was In High School, I Was In A Special Math Class. I Was Infatuated With Physics, Particularly Nuclear Physics, Einstein, And The Big Bang. I Read A Lot About Black Holes. And Partly Because I'm So Lazy I Thought You Could Do All This Just By Looking At The Sky And Thinking Up Universes. It Didn't Seem Like Hard Work When I Was A Kid, So I Enrolled In This Class.

I Don't Believe In Inspiration. I Write When I Can't Avoid Writing Anymore.

I Like The Idea Of A Book Being A Democratic Space Which Readers Enter, Carrying Their Own Thoughts, And Participate In A Conversation, Or Experience Of Grace.

I've Never Meditated For A Moment In My Life. I Don't Know How It Works. But One Of The Things You Have To Do To Put Yourself In The Meditating Mode Is Stop Narrating Yourself To Yourself.

I've Been A Nick Cave Fan Since The Early '80s When He Was Part Of The Birthday Party Thing Singing Australian Self-destructive Rock Band And I've Always Followed His Work And Loved It.