 There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant. |
| The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited number of persons with whom he can hold a conversation. |
| Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life. |
| Take a look at the books other people have in their homes. |
| In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it is cloudy and raining, there are clouds and rain in my soul. |
| Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard. |
| The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author. |
| I do like to live in other people's homes. I enjoy being a guest. I am an inexpensive guest. When one lives in another's home he can enter into the psychic kingdom of that person. |
| I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening. |
| Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment. |
| I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time. |
| Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States. |
