But I cannot forgive those who did not care about more than their own glory or well-being. They thought they were civilized. They were despicable. Damn them all.

Pornography is a theatre of types, never of individuals.

A great writer has all 4 - but you can still be a good writer with only 1 and 2.

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.

Any important disease whose causality is murky, and for which treatment is ineffectual, tends to be awash in significance.

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.

The Western memory museum is now mostly a visual one.