A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.
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.
The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.
When people claim to know who I am, I can no longer act freely.
I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.
I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.