I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.

When people claim to know who I am, I can no longer act freely.

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.

I suppress in my prose any language which calls attention to itself.

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on, on many levels.

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

- Growth has its season. There are spring and summer, but there are also fall and winter. And then spring and summer again. As long as the roots are not severed, all is well and all be well.