I found that I could write two kinds of short stories: I could write very absurd, kind of surrealistic, funny stories; or I could write very dark, realistic - hyper-realistic - stories. I was never happy with that, because I couldn't meld the two.
“A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.”
“If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.”