There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

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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...

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

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

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...

In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it...

In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited...

The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited...

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.

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...

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...

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 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...