We Are All One. When we allow ourselves to become aware of this statement in its purest form, we open the doors to reveal the oneness of being. Using the process of conscious evolution we begin to recognise our true underlying identity, for once we have glimpsed the existence of this realm, we then begin to reveal what it is . . . . our true natural state.

I've never felt influenced by Ernest Hemingway though I suppose there is something inevitable there.

It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.

I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago.

The world that used to nurse us now keeps shouting inane instructions. That's why I ran to the woods.

I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up. ... I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.

New Yorkers are mostly interested in New York - in case you haven't noticed.