When I Started, I Wanted To Be

I Was An Infinitely Hot And Dense Dot.

I Guess I Can Picture Things Once They're Done - I Just Can't Picture Actually Doing Them.

My Work Generally Tends To Be An All-out, 360-degree Subversive Take On Everything, Most Of All My Own Notion Of Myself As A Son, Father, Husband, Human Being And Male In This Culture.

I've Always Wanted To Be A Poet At The Beginning. I Would Look At My Grandparents' Books And My Parents' Books. And In My Family, A Typical Aspirational Jewish Family, Being A Writer Was Very Much Exalted, And It Seemed Impossible To Me, That I Could Ever Do Something Like That.

Sometimes I Think My Purpose Is As A Saboteur When I'm Working With Other People, Derailing What They're Trying To Do Or Taking Things To A Ludicrous Extremity.