Food doesn't exist, but can only be invented. And reinvented.

Never be ashamed of your subject, and of your passion for your subject.

Before I undertake a lengthy project, I have usually given much thought to it over a period of years. My files are filled with likely subjects - which perhaps, one day, I will develop.

Your punishment if you're a woman. Not loved enough.

The mysteries of the female sex! We men can never hope to fathom your depths, but only try not to drown in them.

The brain is a muscle of busy hills, the struggle of unthought things with things eternally thought.

Though I revise constantly as I write, I will usually revise much of the work again after I've reached the ending.