I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.

If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized.

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.

A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow.

I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.

When you have examined all the illusions of life and know that there isn't any reality, but you nevertheless go on, then you are a mature human being. You accept the idea that it is all mask and illusion and that people are in disguise. You see the crumbl

I would say my theme has always been paradise lost, always the lost cause, the lost leader, the lost utopia.