Ideas disturb the levelness of life

Cancer is a demonic pregnancy.

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.

Never worry about being obsessive. I like obsessive people. Obsessive people make great art

Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene - in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses.

One can never ask anyone to change a feeling.

Writing is finally a series of permissions you give yourself to be expressive in certain ways. To leap. To fly. To fail.