I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per day.

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard.

Can the imagination, any more than the boy, be held prisoner ?" - from the foreword to the 1976 edition of "The Painted Bird

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership.

All my father saw was what he wanted to see.

I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.