I am deeply moved when I write. I get turned on by it. I've never used any drugs for stimulation. I don't use words loosely. When I'm working and the right word comes, there is an answering resonance within me. There is also a hardness of intention that goes with it. There is no idleness in it.

I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

The first undressing of two lovers is a most special event.

... an era of turmoil and ideological confusion, the principal phenomenon of the present age.

"What do women want?" "They eat green salad and drink human blood."

Great pressure is brought to bear to make us undervalue ourselves. On the other hand, civilization teaches that each of us is an inestimable prize. There are, then, these two preparations: one for life and the other for death. Therefore we value and are ashamed to value ourselves.

The main reason for rewriting is not to achieve a smooth surface, but to discover the inner truth of your characters.