I've always liked being relatively obscure. I feel that's where I belong, that's where my work belongs.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

Only as high as I reach can I growOnly as far as I seek can I goOnly as deep as I look can I seeOnly as much as I dream can I be

I am not my own friend.Time cuts me in two.

I enjoy the company of prostitutes for the following reasons: It represses women, it's generally illegal.

Heaven is a place where you can get all you want of whatever you like. Heaven is not the end: it's only the beginning.

There is a direct correlation between the books you read and the success you achieve.

Babies are like poems. They're beautiful to their creator, but to other people, they're silly and they're irritating.

Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure.

In my career, fun becomes a big factor. If something feels like it's going to be creative and be fun - follow your bliss. Is this where the juice is? Then I go there.

I think I'm being friendly with someone and I'll sit in their lap. They think I'm flirting with them.

I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they're angels or something else, I'm not sure.