I would not change [my past work] anymore than I would airbrush a photo of myself.

We understand more than we know.

All observations of life are harsh, because life is. I lament that fact, but I cannot change it.

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

Every utopia - let's just stick with the literary ones - faces the same problem: What do you do with the people who don't fit in?

Richard liked to say he picked things up for a song, which was odd, because he never sang. He never even whistled. He was not a musical person.

Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you've been.