“Time didn't heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much.”

“People were excited by violence. What, after all, was the sexual act but a voluntarily endured assault, a momentary death?”

“The television image sanctified, conferred identity. The more familiar the face, the more to be trusted. ”

“I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist...I am a person who does those things.”

“The point, I decided, wasn't to have the autobiography or even the memories. The point was who I became when I wrote.”

“The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just an isolated part. This may sound daunting, but act...”

“A black cat crossing the road is considered bad luck in some cultures. What about the cats culture?”

“Eros will have naked bodies Friendship naked personalities.”

“Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those who have never covered, or been covered by, another naked human being.”

“A naked woman was amazing.He'd never seen it this way, in full light, without half-off clothes or a beach blanket across the lap or sex in a dark car. This was her whole body naked in light, standi...”

“A poet is someone who never forgets they were born naked.”