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

The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited number of persons with whom he can hold a conversation.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

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.

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.

My choice of a life of adventure may well have been a result of the fact that action raised my blood pressure giving me enough energy to live.