One discovers that destiny can be diverted, that one does not have to remain in bondage to the first wax imprint made on childhood sensibilities. Once the deforming mirror has been smashed, there is a possibility of wholeness. There is a possibility of joy.

I want to make my own discoveries…….penetrate the evil which attracts me

Our psychological reality, which lies below the surface, frightens us because it endlessly surprises us and drives us in a direction which society's rules and organizations define as wrong or dangerous.

I reserve the right to love many different people at once, and to change my prince often.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

Some people read to confirm their own hopelessness. Others read to be rescued from it.

The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter, a talk on the street, a book, a phrase learned.