“The interesting artists I know are the ones doing political work. The most interesting people I know are the people who care about politics.” PeopleKnowsCarePoliticalArtistInterestingWho CaresMost Interesting Author:Nell Zink
“People wanted to get me published, and my early work was so weird that they weren't getting anywhere. I thought, okay, I'll do something that's just a tad more normal.” PeopleWantedNormalOkayEarly Work Author:Nell Zink
“In the rural South, the only interesting people were the sexual deviants. Everybody else was able to be part of the mainstream, and could find a way somehow.” PeopleWayAbleInterestingSouthMainstreamDeviants Author:Nell Zink
“I have known many people who were seduced as children by same-sex partners and then spent their teen years being gay, and then found their way back to heterosexuality as adults.” PeopleWayYearsChildrenFoundSexKnownGayAdultsPartnersBeing GayHeterosexuality Author:Nell Zink
“What's important is the tolerance. If people are not beating other people up, or shooting them for being different, then that's progress. Even if the ideas that go through their head are fodder for novelists.” PeopleIfsImportantIdeasDifferentProgressToleranceShootingNovelistsBeing DifferentWhat's ImportantFodder Author:Nell Zink
“I'm enough of an anarchist aesthetically, when it comes to art - I want people to be reading my stuff voluntarily. They should be doing it because they want to.” PeopleWantShouldArtEnoughReadingStuffAnarchist Author:Nell Zink
