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 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.

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.

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

I am curious about grownups, not children.

[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.

Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.