Art must take reality by surprise.

Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.

For what are we looking for if not to please? I do not know if the desire to attract others comes from a superabundance of vitality, possessiveness, or the hidden, unspoken need to be reassured.

One partner is always more in love than the other.

No one, but no one, ever behaves 'well' in bed unless they love or are loved - two conditions seldom fulfilled.

When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very fast. At least I do.

I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.