Three things are required of you: the wishes you made when you first knew the breadth of this life; the contract you signed when you decided your wishes were not true or possible; and the exacting of the punishment you agreed to when you knew you would break the contract of your life.

I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor.

I believe my friends think I'm funny. All the books are full of humor. Maybe it is a quiet sort of humor that masquerades as not-much-at-all. It is certainly easy to miss.

If Americans are to read something that is difficult, they will only do so supposing they will be admired for having done it.

I don't start with an idea or concept in the sense that I flesh out an idea or concept and set it at the center of something.

One can't say how one behaved or why, really. Such situations, they are far more complex than any either/or proposition. It is simplistic to produce events in pairs and lean them against each other like cards. I suppose if you a playing go or shogi, then such a thing might be helpful, but that is not life.

A person always has a chance to protest this or that.