I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.

I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face.

I felt like if any two people had any kind of sexual affinity for each other they had to sleep with each other immediately, otherwise it was a terrible betrayal and waste...Fortunately, I'm relieved of those obsessions now. It's really wonderful. It's really wonderful not feeling you have to sleep with everybody.

Garages, barns and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.

You lose your grip, and then you slip into the Masterpiece.

I think culture's always been violent, and it is something we find very entertaining. Not only does it reflect our social reality, but it also reflects our psychic reality.

Music is the emotional life of the most people.