The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

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.