In Mexico your wishes have a dream power. When you want to see someone, he turns up.

Fear of death is form of stasis horrors. The dead weight of time.

Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.

You see, should I stand in front of a landscape and paint it, I'm completely ignoring the factor of time. While I am painting it, it's changing, clouds are changing, all sorts of things. So there's the myth there of someone creating in a timeless vacuum.

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

Many of my characters first came through to me as voices. That's why I use a tape recorder.