God, I'm such a lazy writer - I can't even think up new names.

Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

I haven't had a single moment of terror since they told me [I was dying]. My only regret is to die four pages too soon. If I can finish, then I'm quite happy to go.

The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down, there must be some truth in one's own imagination.

Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative.

As adults, we do know more, but we don't know enough. People can be very unthinkingly callous.