Love gives without taking

That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.

All authors know that any book is a casting of runes, a reading of cards, a map of the palm and heart. We make up the ocean - then fall in. But we also write the life raft.

If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire is by its nature offensive. So is much art and political discourse. The value of these expressions far outweighs their risk.

... what is great poetry, after all, but the continuation of the human voice after death?

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.

Most sex is not really intimate.