If You Were To Ask Me If

You Have To Begin To Lose Your Memory, If Only In Bits And Pieces, To Realize That Memory Is What Makes Our Lives. Life Without Memory Is No Life At All... Our Memory Is Our Coherence, Our Reason, Our Feeling, Even Our Action. Without It We Are Nothing.

If The Devil Were To Offer Me A Resurgence Of What Is Commonly Called Virility, I'd Decline. ''just Keep My Liver And Lungs In Good Working Order,'' I'd Reply, ''so I Can Go On Drinking And Smoking!''

I Am An Atheist, Thanks Be To God.

Frankly, Despite My Horror Of The Press, I'd Love To Rise From The Grave Every Ten Years Or So And Go Buy A Few Newspapers.

A Writer Or Painter Cannot Change The World. But They Can Keep An Essential Margin Of Nonconformity Alive.