If my work is pornography, so what? I don't have any moral compunction about pornography. Any feelings I have about it are purely stylistic. . . I don't see why it should be excluded as a serious subject.
Animal rights is a serious subject, but I do my best to find humor where I can.
When you're dealing with serious subjects, there is a pressure to be absolutely sure that you know what you're doing.
The combination of a frivolous form and a serious subject immediately unmasks the truth about our dramas.
I don't think I'm morbid by nature. Serious writers have always written about serious subjects. Lighthearted material doesn't appeal to me, and I don't read it. I think I'm a realist, with a realistic sensibility of history and the tragedy of history.