I just think that fiction that isn't exploring what it means to be human today isn't art.
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Fiction's about what it is to be a human being.
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The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still "are" human beings, now. Or can be.
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The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.
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For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going.
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Yuppies, I guess, and younger intellectuals, whatever. These are the people pretty much all the younger writers I admire are writing for, I think.
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