I didn't want to tell Mother I worked as a journalist. She thought I was a prostitute. Locking yourself in a room and inventing characters and conversations which do not exit is no way for a grown man to behave.

The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.

Self-pity is the most destructive of all narcotics.

I can count all the lovers I've had on one hand...if I'm holding a calculator.

I keep the shutters closed because I like to work in a hermetic environment. I like mirrors. When you look out of the window, all you see is ugliness, but when you look in the mirror all you see is beauty.

[…] life is just the misery left between abortion and euthanasia […]

I didn't want to tell Mother I worked as a journalist. She thought I was a prostitute. Locking yourself in a room and inventing characters and conversations which do not exit is no way for a grown man to behave.