In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter.

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a novel.

Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.

In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it is cloudy and raining, there are clouds and rain in my soul.

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to unnecessary suffering and punishment.