It seemed that everywhere you went, people quickly adapted to the way they had to live, and called it Life.

I have never been much of a researcher

For me, a novel relying too heavily on a single idea might be a dry, deadly thing unless it possesses an animating force.

You had only one chance for a signature in life, but most people left no impression.

I've been waiting for someone to sign the permission slip for me to write about sex. In the meantime, I've written about sex in all my books anyway.

Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie?

People could not get enough of what they had lost, even if they no longer wanted it.