Whatever is powerful to you can be translated into something which will matter to somebody that you will never know.

We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then.

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion.

I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.