That is how I came to think that heavy and hard was the beginning of living, real living; and though I might not end up with a mark on my cheek, I had no doubt that I would end up with a mark somewhere.

When I'm writing, I think about the garden, and when I'm in the garden I think about writing. I do a lot of writing by putting something in the ground.

I would be lost without the feeling of antagonism that people have towards me. I write out of defiance.

I am not aware of anything below my neck. I live completely in my head.

I'm so used to being misunderstood.

I was given a dictionary when I was seven, and I read it because I had nothing else to read. I read it the way you read a book.

Time is the element that controls the consciousness, the very being of the people.