That's the way we see life: your community is your survival. And if you live in a small community like this, even the people you hate you have as friends.

Your community is your survival.

You go through your life feeling like an outsider, and you respond to society in a different way when you feel like an outsider.

Whenever I write, I write what I find to be the way people are. I never use any symbolism at all, but if you write as true to life as you possibly can, people will see symbolism. They'll all see different symbolism, but they're apt to because you can see it in life.

When I write, I just let my characters go, the way I let life go.

Sometimes a manuscript is like bread dough. You have to abuse it.