There was a time you saw me once, one afternoon, in the dormitories. There was no one else around, and I was playing this tape, this music. I was sort of dancing with my eyes closed and you saw me.' '...yes, I remember that occasion. I still think about it from time to time.' 'That's funny, so do I.

Love isn't about when you first meet. It's about the many, many years you spend together, when you're trying to keep that flame burning.

I have the feeling of this completely alternative person I should have become. There was another life that I might have had, but I’m having this one.

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down.

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

Even the solitude, I've actually grown to quite like... I do like the feeling of getting into my little car, knowing for the next couple of hours I'll have only the roads, the big gray sky and my daydreams for company.

I want my words to survive translation.