I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.

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The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there...

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there...

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I...

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I...

I do like to live in other people's homes. I enjoy being a guest. I...

I do like to live in other people's homes. I enjoy being a guest. I...

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the...

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the...

There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.

There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes...

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes...

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That...

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That...

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship...

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship...

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American...

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American...

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.

Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a...

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a...

Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.

Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be...

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be...

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average...

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average...

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this...

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this...

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.