I want to be an art-hero - I want to change the form of the novel.

I like being on my own better than I like anything else, but I can't give up love. Maybe it's the tension between longing and aloneness that I need. My own funicular railway, holding in balance the two things most likely to destroy me.

Happy Valentines Day to those who have found love, in whatever shape or form, and to those who are still hunting, don't give up. If you feel bad, send yourself a card. You must be worth it.

Reading is where the wild things are.

I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.

You were in my arms for the first time, and you said my name, 'Tristan.' I answered you: 'Isolde.' Isolde. The world became a word.

London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other.