As I Go To Sleep I Remember

I Don't Fret Over Lost Time - I Can Always Use The Situations In A Novel.

And Really The Purpose Of Art - For Me, Fiction - Is To Alert, To Indicate To Stop, To Say: Make Certain That When You Rush Through You Will Not Miss The Moment Which You Might Have Had, Or Might Still Have.

It Is Possible To Stand Around With A Cocktail In One's Hand And Talk With Everyone, Which Means With No One.

Mapplethorpe Presented The Body As A Sexual Object, Separating It From The Humanity Of The Person. He Added Nothing To Photography As A Medium. I Hold His Work In Low Regard.

I Collect Human Relationships Very Much The Way Others Collect Fine Art.