I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

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However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one...

However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one...

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering...

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering...

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame.

I don't believe in happy endings.

I don't believe in happy endings.

I never cared about money.

I never cared about money.

Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.

Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you haven't.

London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live....

London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live....

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world...

They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world...

I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere...

I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere...

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that...

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that...

Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.

Many people feel their outer self isn't the whole self.

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love,...

Your weak point is the open, vulnerable place where you can always be hurt. Love,...

The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when...

The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when...

I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn't choosing; I didn't think...

I had relationships with men as well as women. I wasn't choosing; I didn't think...

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd...

I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd...

Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place...

Art saved me; it got me through my depression and self-loathing, back to a place...

I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I...

I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I...

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it...

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it...

I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.

I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.