Literature is that neuter, that composite, that oblique into which every subject escapes, the trap where all identity is lost, beginning with the very identity of the body that writes.

Beautiful and alluring things of the world always fascinate us, and there is no way to have them unless we are beautiful.

Time should always by used well to maximise personal desires.

People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.

Sculpture is a series of 3-dimensional shapes which, while fitting together, cause the perception of lines to the viewer, even where they do not exist.

When I hear music which is really exciting, I get really excited, and when I hear music which is really boring, I get really upset. I get angry.

You hold in your hands the happiness of more people than you can imagine.

Like all real heroes, Charley had a fatal flaw. He refused to believe that he had gonorrhea, whereas the truth was that he did.

I think every human being knows how to hate. Because if they didn't know how to hate how to hate they wouldn't know how to love.

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.

Now, practically all reviewers have academic aspirations. The people from the universities are used to a captive audience, but the literary journalist has to please his audience.