My Skin Was The Border

We Hated Pretentiousness; It Was A Form Of Self-hatred.

In The Olden Days, A Memoir Was Something Written By Churchill And People Like That, Because They Had A Grand Experience And Considered It Useful For Future Generations. And Then It Became What It Became - A Public Purging In Which Other People Have The Chance To Judge You And Then Forgive You, Perhaps Learning Something From Your Sorry Example.

I've Read Books In School That Were Written By Ideological Rote - They Were Brainwashers. Therefore, Any Art, Any Literature, That Has A Clearly Defined Political Goal Is Repellent To Me.

I Actually Didn't Listen To The Beatles Song 'nowhere Man' When I Was Writing My Book Of The Same Name. What I Listened To A Lot Was 'abbey Road.' Its Disjointedness And Its Readiness To Confuse Only To Delight Were Inspiring To Me.

I Cannot Think Of A Country In Which I Would Be Happy With The Government And Dominant Ideology And Available Propaganda.