never forget this moment, the hum of the bee, the saffron threads of the flower, the drawn blinds, nature's assiduousness and human cruelty.

Movie people are possessed by demons, but a very low form of demons.

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.

Sometimes one word can recall a whole span of life.

We all leave one another. We die, we change - it's mostly change - we outgrow our best friends; but even if I do leave you, I will have passed on to you something of myself; you will be a different person because of knowing me; it's inescapable.

I have some women friends but I prefer men. Dont trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.

For me to write I have to be, a, alone, and b, know that nobody is going to question me. I write the way a thief steals; it's a little covert.