“I'm always looking for context in which people tell stories. In "Fight Club" it's these support groups for dying people, and then in "Choke" it's 12-step recovery groups. In one novel it's artists' colonies, in another novel it's a diary form that submariners' wives typically keep so that when their husband comes back from serving on a submarine they have an accounting of their spouse's time. So I'm always looking for, number one, a non-fiction context - because you can tell a more outrageous story if you use a non-fiction form.”
![“I'll go through all of [12 steps for people who say are traumatized by the election], but a sample: Volunteer to fight Islamaphobia. Join the ACLU. Donate to Planned Parenthood. Take down sexism and misogyny. Sort of all the stations of the cross of liberalism. Sort of all the stations of the…” quote by Tucker Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/76d/tucker-carlson-1798_12-step_i-ll-go-through-all-of-12-steps-for-peop_707927.jpg)
![“So you [Nicholas Kristof] have got this new column out, 12 steps for people who say are traumatized by the [ Donald Trump] election.” quote by Tucker Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4c6/tucker-carlson-1798_12-step_so-you-nicholas-kristof-have-got-this-ne_792033.jpg)
