Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.

The human race sleepwalked to oblivion, thinking only of the corporate logos on it's shroud.

Sooner or later, everything turns into television.

I've never suffered from writer's block. I have plenty of ideas, sometimes too many. I've always had a strong imagination. If it dries up I'll stop and look for another career.

All you do is get on and start pedaling . . .

I don't think any particular painters have inspired me, except in a general sense. It was more a matter of corroboration. The visual arts, from Manet onwards, seemed far more open to change and experiment than the novel, though that's only partly the fault of the writers. There's something about the novel that resists innovation.

Sleep is an eight-hour peep show of infantile erotica.