The furthest out is the only place to be.
It's fine, precise, detailed work, the infinitely small motor management of diamond cutters and safecrackers that we do in our heads.
The peculiar dignity of men seen eating alone in restaurants on national holidays
Writing is an exercise in sculpture, chipping away at the rock until you find the nose.
I would never write about anyone who is not at the end of his rope.
Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work. There is only one psychological assertion that I would insist upon. That is: the SELF takes precedence.