Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.

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

Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time.

[Nabokov's] language is made visible . . . like a veil or transparent curtain. You cannot help seeing the curtain as you peek into the intimate rooms behind.

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.

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.

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.