Everything's A Scandal. Dying's A Scandal. But

We Need Time To Lose Interest In Things.

Writing Is A Form Of Personal Freedom. It Frees Us From The Mass Identity We See In The Making All Around Us. In The End, Writers Will Write Not To Be Outlaw Heroes Of Some Underculture But Mainly To Save Themselves, To Survive As Individuals.

A Person Rises On A Word And Falls On A Syllable.

Hardship Makes The World Obscure.

Rushdie Is A Hostage.