All My Life I've Been Hiding.

The Popular Culture Says . . . Do What You Do, Your Life Is Predestined, Like The Installment Plan On Your House. There's Not Much You Can Do About It. Make Your Payments, Live It, Get Sick, Die, Don't Make Any Trouble. It Is The Master Charge Of Destiny. Try To Get Your High Credit Rating.

You Don't Die In The United States, You Underachieve.

I Am Inspired By Human Sexuality. The Act Itself Is Mechanical And Holds Little Interest To Me.

There's A Place Beyond Words Where Experience First Occurs To Which I Always Want To Return. I Suspect That Whenever I Articulate My Thoughts Or Translate My Impulses Into Words, I Am Betraying The Real Thoughts And Impulses Which Remain Hidden.

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.