Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The Lover runs away.

Attaining even mediocrity is often a struggle.

Literature may be false, but it is not trivial.

A critic who uses new quotations is making important changes.

Addicts turn their pleasures into vengeful Gods.

Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.

Sometimes I dread loneliness more than bores. Other times, the reverse.