I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory.

The letters released something, maybe a sense that he was not alone, that the world was a place where travelers in language could know the same things.

When a writer doesn’t show his face, he becomes a local symptom of God’s famous reluctance to appear.

The flames of their passion illuminated the dimly lit room, filling it with a blazing fire which was either brilliantly beautiful or dangerously violent.

Never count calories, never go hungry, only exercise if you want to!

Writing a novel that works is an extremely difficult thing to do. It requires a level of skill and dedication that always surprises me.

A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.

Our premise is that inclusion leads to growth. So for those who are locked out, they lose development, and those who are in power lose market and growth.

Everything we would ever need to become rich and powerful and sophisticated is within our reach. The major reason that so few take advantage of all that we have is simply, neglect.

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

The Cinema seems to have been invented to express the life of the subconscious, the roots of which penetrate poetry so deeply

There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.

Art is not chaste. Those ill prepared should be allowed no contact with art. Art is dangerous. If it is chaste, it is not art.