I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion.

When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love.

Faith is the Knowledge of the Heart, Logick the Knowledge of the Mind.

Blocks usually stem from fear of being judged. If you imagine the world is listening, you'll never write a line.

Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissapate so easily... Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.