That rewriting of literary history is most obvious in the case of The Yage Letters, where I was able to show that the true history inverts the official one.

I am always looking for some clue, some easily missed sign that might just be the missing piece in the puzzle.

I like to focus on the varieties of paper, the different sizes and watermarks, evidence perhaps of what was typed when and sometimes where and by whom.

It started out as a typically insane idea to map every part of the published text in terms of its manuscript provenance and history, and to establish the cultural meaning of the book, part and whole.

I was suckered in by the myth of the man [ William Burroughs] as much as by his work.

I liked the idea of a person shedding their life, and someone else putting it on. -Oliver Harris on writing The Hollow Man for Crime Time online magazine

Today when you meet someone, try not to complain, judge or criticise. The least you can do is to give them love, joy, and put smile on their face.

Seven half-bloods shall answer the callTo storm or fire the world must fallAn oath to keep with a final breathand foes bear arms to the doors of death

Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income.

I like playing. I wouldn't be a good coach. I don't have the patience to be a coach.

Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

It's not meant to be entertaining. If you want entertainment, go to the pictures. This is serious!

You've got to do everything, everything's got to be pointing in the same direction and you've got to really turn this whole economic engine from one that's based on fossil fuels to one that isn't.

I think video games are going to completely take over storytelling in our society. Video games are not a fad.

If you love something, the work will be just fine.

Sometimes I think that if I wasn't crazy... I'd go crazy.