Part broken - part whole, you begin again. ( from 'Why books seem shockproof against change.' THE TIMES: BOOKS)

There are so many separate selves; no one who writes creatively hasn't felt that.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

To be ill adjusted to a deranged world is not a breakdown.

When she bleeds the smells I know change colour. There is iron in her soul on those days. She smells like a gun.

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

Knowing that books are something that is hidden, that almost has that alchemical quality to it. There is a secret society in here, and if you belong to it, you'll be able to transform your lead into gold. I have that rather magical sense about books - that they do, somehow, have special powers.