“Literature, art, like civilization itself, are only accidents.”
“There is no literature and art without paranoia. Probably there would be even civilization. Paranoia is the world. It is the attempt to make sense of what has not.”
“Literature is the only art in which the audience performs the score.”
“Love itself is what is left over when being "in love" has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.”
“Literature, at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music.”
“Literature is an art, and the essence of all art is mood.”