I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.

In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist's stroke.

I need my natural laziness to be counteracted by obsession in order to do anything.

Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

I'm not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own.