What's beautiful about art is that it circumscribes a space, a physical and mental space. If you try to put the entire world into every page, you turn out chaos.

I try not to become too regular an addict of any one subculture.

But the day I can't shrug off a twinge of self-pity, is the day I'm washed up for keeps.

what exactly is postmodernism, except modernism without the anxiety?

I don't have a lot of paper in my immediate work environment, except when I'm doing things like checking the godforsaken proofs.

There's something about the rhythms of language that correspond to the rhythms of our own bodies.

Teenage life - possibly adult life too is all about what you want and can’t have. And then about what you receive and misuse.