The greatest difficulty of Travel is that one is forced to take oneself along.

We should read other people's books in order to learn what we feel; it is our own thoughts we should be developing, even if it is another writer's thought that help us to do so.

Good sex isn't just fun, it keeps us sane and happy. Having sex with someone makes us feel wanted, alive and potent.

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

There is real danger of a disconnect between what's on your business card and who you are deep inside, and it's not a disconnect that the world is ready to be patient with.

We read the weird tales in newspapers to crowd out the even weirder stuff inside us.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.