I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.

When people looked at him they had the feeling of being shut out. He did not shut them out. He shut himself in.

There's no such thing as autobiography, there's only art and lies

Our broken society is not born out of the triumph of the individual, but out of his effacement. He vanishes, she vanishes, ask them who they are and they will offer you a wallet or a child.

I am not tempted by God but I love his trappings.

Yes, the past is another country, but one that we can visit, and once there we can bring back the things we need.

My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.