The ultimate judgment of a work of art, whether it be a masterpiece or a lesser event, must be solely in terms of its artistic success and not on Freudian guesswork.

Writing has got to be an act of discovery. Finding out things about what one is writing about.

Art has an obligation to offend

I think you remember everything ... you just can't bring it to mind all the time.

I have learned that neither kindness or cruelty by themselves, or independent of each other, create any effect beyond themselves.

The act of creation, as you very well know, is a lonely and private matter and has nothing to do with the public area... the performance of the work one creates.

Creativity is magic. Don't examine it too closely.