I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.

Here was one place where I could find out who I was and what I was going to become. And that was the public library.

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening.

There's a place beyond words where experience first occurs to which I always want to return. I suspect that whenever I articulate my thoughts or translate my impulses into words, I am betraying the real thoughts and impulses which remain hidden.

In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it is cloudy and raining, there are clouds and rain in my soul.

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