All stories are true, Astrea. By speaking them aloud, we bring them to life. Once words mingle with breath and sound, they become something new and alive.

It was nearly ten years since the peace though her memories of the war still felt fresh.

.....You see, Blake, the thing is, I don’t give a sh*t what other people think.

In India, it's the rich who have problems with obesity. And the poor are darker-skinned because they work outside and often work without their tops on so you can see their ribs.

Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the book he is criticising.

Either it is the fold of the infinite, or the constant folds [replis] of finitude which curve the outside and constitute the inside.

There's a young man in a T-shirt listening to a rock and roll station. He's got greasy hair, greasy smile, he says, Lord this must be my destination.

I came to painting through sculpture, to images through objects. I think that images sit in the middle, somewhere between objects and words.

Fiona McCrae is a really amazing editor. Really smart and very astute about what a story needs.

I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.

I love music and I enjoy creating sounds. I got into making music when I was a child, starting with the spoons and the koto before moving onto the piano.