Q: What is the theme of SNEAKING PAST THE GATEKEEPER? What is the tone?
A: I thought POTLICKER JOURNAL was too heavy.
I want this book to be lighter.
I see it as comic.
You know, it was about career, or lack of career, and success or failure. Disappointment. It was tragic.
I’m a cut-up.
The class fool.
Class clown.
Q: You take life serious but not yourself.
A: Life is serious, buddy-ro.
But perhaps I’m too serious.
It’s tiresome.
Q: What do you call driving to Sneads and eating Chinese take-out that gave you heartburn? If not funny?
A: I didn’t know how it was going to end.
It surprised me.
That’s what keeps you going.
The surprises.
