“I decided that there is really some sort of entity that I call Imperial, and I decided to extend it all the way along the California-Mexico border and into Tijuana and then to the Pacific because it all has a similar feeling.” WayFeelingsDecidedCaliforniaBordersMexicoEntityPacificTijuana Author:William T. Vollmann
“We're living in what used to be Mexico, and there's this very fluid border feeling. You go a little bit south of Tijuana, for instance, into Ensenada, and it still seems kind of borderlike. And you go much farther, suddenly the prices are lower, the prostitution is different, the commerce is different, everything feels more "Mexican."” FeelsKindLittlesStillsDifferentFeelingsSeemsUsedBitsLittle BitSouthUsed To BeInstanceBordersMexicoCommerceMexicanProstitutionFluidE CommerceTijuana Author:William T. Vollmann
“There are parts of L.A. that feel very, very Mexican, and there are weird little enclaves of Northside in Mexico - Cancún for instance. So what is a border?” FeelsLittlesInstanceBordersMexicoMexican Author:William T. Vollmann
“I feel like I'm almost ready to write fiction about the border. But even after 10 years of writing nonfiction about it, I don't think I know quite enough to do it right.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsWritingYearsEnoughFictionReadyBordersNonfictionWriting Nonfiction Author:William T. Vollmann
“Whereas if I want to create a prostitute character now from memories of different prostitutes and inventing stuff, I can say, "this could happen," "this is quite plausible." But I don't feel I know enough about border life to do the latter.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsI CanDifferentEnoughCharacterHappensStuffMemoriesBordersLatterInventingPlausible Author:William T. Vollmann
