You can't change old people. Unlike middle-aged people, they do what they want.

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because Im not so censored when I use dream material.

There's a point at which when I start to know a man well--this isn't true of women--I wonder whether there's something in him that's evil. Something that's pure and can't be touched. This quality of evil may be related to the quality of artistry, for an artist has the same characteristics.

The only reaction against an unbearable society is equally unbearable nonsense.

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.

You can't change old people. Unlike middle-aged people, they do what they want.

There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.