“There's always a period of curious fear between the first sweet-smelling breeze and the time when the rain comes cracking down.”
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The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence.
In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.
I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.
Never underestimate the power of the State to act out its own massive fantasies.
