“She would give them order. She would create constellations.”

“'Recluse' is a code word generated by journalists... meaning, 'doesn't like to talk to reporters.'”

“Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth.”

“Everybody gets told to write about what they know. The trouble with many of us is that at the earlier stages of life we think we know everything- or to put it more usefully, we are often una...”

“It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to it.”