The Rudderless World is not shaped by vague metaphysical Forces. It is not God who kills the Children. Not Fate that butchers them or Destiny that feeds them to the Dogs. ... It´s us. Only us.

While a truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power.

Sexually progressive cultures gave us literature, philosophy, civilization and the rest, while sexually restrictive cultures gave us the Dark Ages and the Holocaust.

There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints now owned by big conglomerates.

I think that we need mythology. We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently.

I think I'm a bit like a kind of shark, that if I stop swimming, I won't be able to breathe, something like that.

Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.