Self-pity Is The Simplest Luxury.

Novels, Like Human Beings, Usually Have Their Beginnings In The Dark.

I Can Only Say I Wish I Had Slept With Everyone I Am Accused Of.

I Believe In A Lively Disrespect For Most Forms Of Authority.

Language Is Decanted And Shared. If Only One Person Is Left Alive Speaking A Language - The Case With Some American Indian Languages - The Language Is Dead. Language Takes Two And Their Multiples.

Never Underestimate The Power Of Self-absorption, Including Your Parents' Self-absorption.