Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

If I thought that what I'm doing when I write is expressing myself, I'd junk the typewriter. Writing is a much more complicated activity that that.

Nature in America has always been suspect, on the defensive, cannibalized by progress. In America, every specimen becomes a relic.

'Camp' is a vision of the world in terms of style - but a particular style. It is the love of the exaggerated.

Time eventually positions most photographs, even the most amateurish, at the level of art.

The danger, when not too dangerous, fascinate.

A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world. That means trying to understand, take in, connect with, what wickedness human beings are capable of; and not be corrupted - made cynical, superficial - by this understanding.