...if you fall into a lion's pit, the reason the lion will tear you to pieces is not because it's hungry-be assured, zoo animals are amply fed-or because it's bloodthirsty, but because you've invaded it's territory.

We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat.

Zoo is an artificial territory, an approximation. Civilization is our natural territory.

You can get used to anything - haven't I already said that? Isn't that what all survivors say?

Truth is a nebulous thing. There are certain, definite truths, but the truth of our lives goes far beyond facts.

My ears were full. Nothing more, not one more sound, could push into them and be registered.

The planet is populated by human beings, of which there are only two sexes, and the role of the writer is to explore otherness, other realities. So the idea of a man exploring what it's like to be a woman doesn't strike me as being that wild or crazy an idea.