There's a strong aspect of Buddhism which is geared towards ending all fertility.

This strong sense of who I am that I've always had, since I was very young, is what makes me write.

Some Buddhists, however, never seem to get past the void, and I suppose I view this as a kind of Buddhist 'Old Testament' that I don't especially like.

On the other hand, the seventies were drab. That is, I am utterly fascinated by the fifties and sixties.

I do not think that my spiritual apprehensions are as dogmatically cultural as those of many people who have been brought up strictly in a particular tradition.

The cultural products of America from this period [ fifties and sixties] are like a vision of paradise or something. I find it utterly intoxicating.

I grew up with tarot cards and the reading of tea leaves.