There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives together without knowing each other's names. Naming is a difficult and time-consuming process; it concerns essences, and it means power. But on the wild nights who can call you home? Only the one who knows your name.

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

When pieces of work speak to us in a way that feels as if they were made just for us, those become our private worlds that we return to.

The best language is always found in books because it's considered. It's a high language. Sometimes, it is complex and difficult. It's empowering and offers a way to speak about yourself that you don't have if all you are doing is reading the newspaper and watching TV.

Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody that you will never know.

I care about doing the work as best as I can do, and that it should go on reaching people. It's not about fame and it's not about me. It's about creating something that might allow someone else to create something.

What you eat is the most political thing you do every day