When People Claim To Know

Take A Look At The Books Other People Have In Their Homes.

It Is Not Sex By Itself That Interests Me, But Its Particular Role In American Consciousness, And In My Own Life.

I Am Inspired By Human Sexuality. The Act Itself Is Mechanical And Holds Little Interest To Me.

[nabokov's] Language Is Made Visible . . . Like A Veil Or Transparent Curtain. You Cannot Help Seeing The Curtain As You Peek Into The Intimate Rooms Behind.

I Do Like To Live In Other People's Homes. I Enjoy Being A Guest. I Am An Inexpensive Guest. When One Lives In Another's Home He Can Enter Into The Psychic Kingdom Of That Person.