Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.
“You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker.”
“I get asked to read new works a lot, in the hope that I will give a quotation and I will only give a 'puff' for a book I truly love.”