I was happy there. Which is to say I was not unhappy there. Unhappiness and happiness I have always been able to carry about with me, irrespective of place and people, because I have never joined in.

There is not any way that you can just choose the nice bits and say that means there is a God and ignore the true fact of what nature is.

I've always been aware of my sexuality, but I never quite knew what it meant.

I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.

I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all.

The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one's a depressive. The point is, one's a manic-depressive.

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave.