I have difficulty orienting myself in space, and I'm probably one of the few people who gets lost in Manhattan.

No one can cross the boundary into another -- for the simple reason that no one can gain access to himself

The joke is the purest, most essential form of storytelling. Every word has to count.

What I'm trying to do [in Winter Journal] is to tell the story of a man's life from birth, but there are different versions of him, four different versions.

You're too good for this world, and because of that the world will eventually crush you.

but even the facts do not always tell the truth

Writing begins in the body, it is the music of the body, and even if the words have meaning, can sometimes have meaning, the music of the words is where the meanings begin....Writing as a lesser form of dance.