I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

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.

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

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.

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

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there is no social life in the company of one.

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