freedom is anathema to dreams nurtured in captivity.

All of my books have an element of a man who is in love with somebody and needs them desperately, not just for procreation but for being able to fully unbosom himself. He only feels comfortable discussing things with women. Which is funny, because 80 percent of readers are women!

I was really not a good student, and I felt that shame every day. That's one of the reasons I started smoking pot and drinking daily.

It is a capital insult in this country not to make love to a naked woman, even if she is related to you.

Asthmatic immigrant learns to breathe by writing.

Life for young American college graduates is a festive affair. Free of having to support their families, they mostly have gay parties on rooftops where they reflect at length upon their quirky electronic childhoods and sometimes kiss each other on the lips and neck.

I felt the weakness of these books, their immateriality, how they had failed to change the world, and I didn't want to sully myself with their weakness anymore.