I don't think of literature as an end in itself. It's just a way of communicating something.

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

The slave who dances is free ... while he is dancing.

The writer of good will carries a lamp to illuminate the dark corners.

My female protagonist will not be this promiscuous, beautiful, dark-haired, thin lady. It will be a plump, blond, healer and so forth.

I don't want posterity, I don't want anybody to remember me in any way. I don't care about that because I'll be dead. I think the spirit will move to some other state.

Barrabas came to us by the sea.