The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is.

Pornography is one of the branches of literature - science fiction is another - aiming at disorientation, at psychic dislocation.

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.

Photographs furnish evidence. Something we hear about, but doubt, seems proven when we're shown a photograph of it.

In good films, there is always a directness that entirely frees us from the itch to interpret.

What I really wanted was every kind of life, and the writer’s life seemed the most inclusive.

The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.