The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease...

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease...

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 not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

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 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...

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...