The writers or artists I write about are not necessarily those I care most about (Shakespeare is still my favourite writer) but those whose work I feel has been neglected.

As one passion begins to fail it is necessary to form another, for the whole art of going through life tolerably is to keep oneself eager about anything.

All great art contains at its center contemplation, a dynamic contemplation.

Photographers are always imposing

I have always been full of lust - as I am now - but I have always been placing conceptual obstacles in my own path.

One man thinks before he acts. Another man thinks after he acts. Each is of the opinon that the other thinks too much.

It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe though we didn't know it at the time. We know it now. Because it's in the past; because we have survived.