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

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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...

And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to...

And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to...

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...

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit...

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit...

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I...

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment 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...

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...

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...

Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can...

Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can...

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.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part...

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part...

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

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

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with...

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with...

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...

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

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

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 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...

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

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.