I was pushing myself to extremes in order to discover my many selves.

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

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

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

I do like to live in other people's homes. I enjoy being a guest. I am an inexpensive guest. When one lives in another's home he can enter into the psychic kingdom of that person.

- Growth has its season. There are spring and summer, but there are also fall and winter. And then spring and summer again. As long as the roots are not severed, all is well and all be well.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.