The ruling class isn't dissatisfied: they are healthy, well-fed, live in beauty, enjoy their own importance: fun-loving cannibals.

The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.

All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations.

Obviously I find women more interesting than men to write about.

The art of fiction is one of constant seduction. You must persuade the reader on page 1 to start reading - on page 50, or page 150 and yes, on page 850.

Every Jewish holiday has a religious significance, a historical significance, and a relevance to the time of year in the natural calendar of the seasons and trees and growing things, as well as a personal significance. So you are always looking backward, outward, inward and forward.

Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.