Courage is the only Magic worth having.

Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities.

I don't know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else's erotica that you don't like. People are interested in their own sexuality and they've always reflected it in their art. End of story.

If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.

It takes a spasm of love to write a poem.

Is there no Villain in this World who doth not regard himself as a poor abus'd Innocent, no She-Wolf who doth not think herself a Lamb, no Shark who doth not fancy that she is a Goldfish?

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