I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.

With my friends in Brooklyn, many of them started out as artists. I saw many of these friends move into late middle age, still struggling without health insurance or a cushion. I saw people who had given up being artists. Being an artist necessitates a compromise or living on the edge.

I never see myself as writing satire. I think I write about people as they really are, without making them better or worse.

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