Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time.

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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 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...

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 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...

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.

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 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...

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 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.