I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.

As for loving woman, I have never understood why some people had a fit. I still don't. It seems fine to me. If an individual is productive responsible, and energetic, why should her choice in a partner make such a fuss? The government is only too happy to take my tax money and yet they uphold legislation that keeps me a second class citizen. Surely, there should be a tax break for those of us who are robbed of full and equal participation and protection in the life of our nation.

I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary. It doesn't make you a better artist; it only makes you a hungry one. However, to me the acquisition of the craft of writing was worth any amount of suffering.

If you don't like my book, write your own.

Familiarity breeds consent.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.