I always have a sense of trembling, but so does a compass, after all.
You don't die in the United States, you underachieve.
Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.
The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.
It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.
The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.