I knew Anais Nin, who called me after I had been away for a few years. She was seeking help because at that time no one would give her a decent review. She was made fun of.

I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered.

A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.

All creatures are flawed, but out of the flaw may come the universe.

I never fantasized or invented a thing, not one thing. I knew every single thing I ever wrote about.

I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night.

When the dream came into being, I always pursued it.