Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination.

There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But who wants easier?

My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.

As long as you're dancing, you can break the rules.

Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response.

Do you love this world? Do you cherish your humble and silky life? Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?

Every day I walk out into the world / to be dazzled, then to be reflective.