I'm terrified of the thought of time passing (or whatever is meant by that phrase) whether I 'do' anything or not. In a way I may believe, deep down, that doing nothing acts as a brake on 'time's - it doesn't of course. It merely adds the torment of having done nothing, when the time comes when it really doesn't matter if you've done anything or not.

A writer can have only one language, if language is going to mean anything to him.

Life is first boredom, then fear.

Originality is being different from oneself, not others.

Get stewed:Books are a load of crap.

Only in books the flat and final happens, Only in dreams we meet and interlock.

How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really.