It frequently happens that I begin a novel with just a visual image of something, a vague sense of people in three dimensional space.

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.

One cannot know everything.

Transcendent Oneness does not require self-examination, self-help, or self-work. It requires self-loss.

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

She is not a writer at all, really; she is merely a gifted eccentric.

We have to prevent loss of life.

Dare to believe in the reality of your assumption and watch the world play its part relative to to its fulfillment.

Yes, I do touch. I believe that everyone needs that

The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians.

Don't Fall in love, Rise in Love!

If there is any consistent enemy of science, it is not religion, but irrationalism.