I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.

Dissatisfaction can be a source of inspiration if you learn to control it.

Yeah, well, when they say ‘You know it’s a long way, don’t you?’ what they really mean is: ‘You know it’d be faster if you just rode a kangaroo, don’t you?

You can't eat books, sweetheart.

It is folly to say you know what is happening to other people. Only they know, if they exist. They have their own Universes of their own eyes and ears.

I don't think about it in terms of being a woman. Being gracious, attentive, curious, interested are requirements for everyone.

The invisible realm is superior and far more real than the visible realm.

I came out singing, the doctor slapped me on the head, and I started singing.

Reasons are for peasants.

If you don't love and believe in what you're building, you're likely to give up at some point along the way.

Words are not even within me. They're not in my vocabulary to really express the kind of feeling that I had.