There's a place beyond words where experience first occurs to which I always want to return. I suspect that whenever I articulate my thoughts or translate my impulses into words, I am betraying the real thoughts and impulses which remain hidden.

I am curious about grownups, not children.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per day.

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard.

Life is a state of mind.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.