The most potent elements in a work of art are, often, its silences.

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

Sight is a promiscuous sense. The avid gaze always wants more.

She felt herself needing more and more sleep. When she awoke in the morning, she thought of when she might lie down again - and when she would sleep. She started going to the movies.

Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contemporary urban culture. Creative, that is, in the truest sense: they are creators of sensibilities. The two pioneering forces of modern sensibility are Jewish moral seriousness and homosexual aestheticism and irony.

The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of sensations.

Mad people = People who stand alone and burn. I'm attracted to them because they give me permission to do the same.