I thought of the nameless inventor of the bathtub. I was somehow sure it was a woman. And was the inventor of the bathtub plug a man?

Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.

Many, many people have done a lot more sexual experimentation than I have.

I look forward and see myself look back.

If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.

O what is it about having one's own Babe upon one's Hip that makes a Woman wish to go home to her Mother? A Desire to say: 'Look, the Circle is compleat'? A Desire to say: 'Look, I have cross'd the Divide and now am more like you'? A Desire to say: 'Look, this Babe I offer you is my most precious Gift'?

Genius is a strong aphrodisiac.