To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an invented language.

Somewhere between fear and sex passion is.

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then. If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us, and it outlives its personal moment. All of my work is deep-dug from me, and every book has to stand or fall without me.

What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.

I spin worlds where we could be together. I dream you. For me, imagination and desire are very close.

He doubted her. You must never doubt the one you love. But they might not be telling the truth. Never mind that. You tell them the truth. What do you mean? You can't be another person's honesty, child, but you can be your own. So what should I say? When? When I love someone? You should say it.

Every believer is an anarchist at heart. True believers would rather see governments topple and history rewritten than scuff the cover of their faith.