“For once a thing is known, it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten.”

“Once a thing is known,it can't be UNknown.”

“Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.”

“Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified.”

“Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.”

“It was then that I saw the business of writing for what it truly was and is to me. It is your penance for not being lucky. It is an attempt to reach others and to make them love you. It is your instinctive protest, when you find you have no voice at the world's tribunals, and that no one will speak for you. I would give my entire output of words, past, present and to come, in exchange for easier access to the world, for permission to state "I hurt" or " I hate" or " I want". Or indeed, "Look at me". And I do not go back on this. For once a thing is known it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten. And writing is the enemy of forgetfulness, or thoughtlessness. For the writer there is no oblivion. Only endless memory.”