The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer.

I want to fall in love in such a way that the mere sight of a man, even a block away from me, will shake and pierce me, will weaken me, and make me tremble and soften and melt.

Anxiety is love's greatest killer, because it is like the stranglehold of the drowning.

The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty.

I spell 'god' with a small 'g' because I do not believe in him, but I love to swear by him.

I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly.

The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.