Joe Frank - It's about being in a race with time - just having a strong sense of mortal

It's about being in a race with time - just having a strong sense of mortality, and the idea of, How much time do you have left? How do you want to spend it? What I always come up with is: keep on writing, keep on working. But you can become sterile. It's become a matter of trying to find inspiration someplace outside of my own head, which I've been using exclusively for too long.

- Joe Frank

source: Interview with Jonathan Goldstein, believermag.com. March 1, 2013.