Morality Is A Test Of Our Conformity

I've Never Been Resigned To Ready-made Ideas As I Was To Ready-made Clothes, Perhaps Because Although I Couldn't Sew, I Could Think.

This Desert Town Was Man's Own Miracle Of Pure Purposelessness.

I Remember How Surprised I Was When My First Novel Was About To Be Published And I Was Informed That I Could Be Sued For Anything Any One Of My Characters Said. 'but I Often Don't Agree With What They Say,' I Protested. The Lawyer Was Not Interested In The Clear Distinction I Make Between My Own Voice And The Voices Of My Characters. Neither, I Have Found, Are Many Of My Readers.

It's Not The Length But The Quality Of Life That Matters To Me. It Has Always Been Important To Me To Write One Sentence At A Time, To Live Every Day As If It Were My Last And Judge It In Those Terms, Often Badly, Not Because It Lacked Grand Gesture Or Grand Passion But Because It Failed In The Daily Virtues Of Self-discipline, Kindness, And Laughter. It Is Love, Very Ordinary, Human Love, And Not Fear, Which Is The Good Teacher And The Wisest Judge.

If The Tenth Of The Population That Is Gay Became Visible Tomorrow, The Panic Of The Majority Of People Would Inspire Repressive Legislation Of A Sort That Would Shock Even The Pessimists Among Us.