David Marchese

realized about sex or learned about sex or are curious about sex that you've then wanted to explore in your work more recently?

You know, just hearing you talk...

It's clear that your mind moves very quickly.

I know.

I don't mean it critically at all.

But I assume there must be times in your professional life and your personal life when you need to slow down.

Are there ways you consciously do that?

You know, in the edition that I have of The Chronology of Water, there's an interview with Lydia Yuknovich at the end of the book.

And she just brings up the point, the interviewer, or somehow they get on the subject of drugs.

And she brings up the point that, you know, we might find it culturally uncomfortable to admit, but like the truth is that a lot of artists...

basically come out of drugs and alcohol.

When we spoke earlier, I was doing the thing that you predicted it.

I was leading up to like the encapsulating final question.

Oh, here we go.

No, no.

But then I was like, no, no.

Don't do it.

I'm not going to do the cliche.

But like, what do you think we should end on?

Where do you want to leave people?