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.
“You know, a lot of people are loath to go to an orchestral concert because they are intimidated by the thought.”
“There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.”