Rules of taste enforce structures of power.

The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.

It's so effortless to let my loneliness defeat me, make me mold myself to whatever would (in some way - but not wholly) relieve it. I must never forget it... I want sensuality and sensitivity, both... Let me never deny that... I want to err on the side of violence and excess, rather than to underfill my moments.

I'm interested in the possibility of fiction which straddles narrative and essay.

Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.

Intelligence is not necessarily a good thing, something to value or cultivate. It's more like a fifth wheel - necessary or desirable when things break down. When things go well, it's better to be stupid ... Stupidity is as much a value as intelligence.

In contrast to the written account-which, depending on its complexity of thought, reference, and vocabulary, is pitched at a larger or smaller readership-a photograph has only one language and is destined potentially for all.