Well, fear and homophobia are both pervasive.

Women need to become literary "criminals," break the literary laws and reinvent their own, because the established laws prevent women from presenting the reality of their lives.

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists.

GET RID OF MEANING. YOUR MIND IS A NIGHTMARE THAT HAS BEEN EATING YOU: NOW EAT YOUR MIND.

If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.

We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which isn't censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way.

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing.

There are times when the law jeopardizes those who obey it.

My nutritionist read my pathology report and said, "There's only one way you can beat your cancer." "What's that?" "You have to find out what caused it.

I wasn't really into body piercings until I found that about half my female students had them.

A novel is a book with a lot of pages.

All knowledge that Science has acquired so far, has been through the concentration of the powers of the mind.

Peace cannot be kept by force

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. I really hope no one misinterprets this quote as being about masturbation.

My parents love each other. They work through their problems.

You are either withholding your love in fear or giving your deepest gifts.

Life is not only meant to be appreciated in retrospect ... There is something each day to embrace and cherish.

You've never met a more flawed guy than me.

Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience.

Nothing but good times ahead.

There are as many and innumerable degrees of wit, as there are cubits between this and heaven.