I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

Romantic love was invented to manipulate women

I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.

I get up about four times a night and go back to sleep, or not. Then I swill tea around 8 a.m. I answer e-mail, while I stall thinking about whatever scares me.

I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it.

The greatest disappointment is when you let yourself down.

I'm always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience - a non-art-world audience.