Ordinary Life Is Pretty Complex

I'm Doing Research For A Large Comic Book On The Beat Generation Guys - Allen Ginsberg And Jack Kerouac And Those Guys

I Think That The So-called Average Person Often Exhibits A Great Deal Of Heroism In Getting Through An Ordinary Day . . .

There Was A Survey Done A Few Years Ago That Affected Me Greatly. It Was Discovered That Intelligent People Either Estimate Their Intelligence Accurately Or Slightly Underestimate Themselves, But Stupid People Overestimate Their Intelligence And By Huge Margins. (and These Were Things Like Straight Up Math Tests, Not Controversial Iq Tests.)

I Wanted To Write Literature That Pushed People Into Their Lives Rather Than Helping People Escape From Them.

I Really Don't Have A Lot In Common With The People Who Attend The Comic Con. It's Like Assuming That All People Who Write Prose Are The Same.