When People Claim To Know Who I

It's Not That You Aren't Likable. On The Contrary. You Are. It's Just That One Wonders If You Haven't Made A Career Out Of Being So Likable.

I Was Pushing Myself To Extremes In Order To Discover My Many Selves.

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.

I Always Have A Sense Of Trembling, But So Does A Compass, After All.

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.