a.n.

"In a way, I wonder, why should I bother to invent new characters and situations when I can just steal from the masters and get 2500 years of history and gravity thrown in for nothing? And the thing is, I’m as likely as not to be stealing from them accidentally anyway, so why not just surrender and accept my fate?"

great, substantial interview with anders nilsen over at the nashville review.  looking forward to grabbing my copy of the collected big questions.