"Transhumanism literally means "beyond human." It's using science and technology to radically change and improve the human species and experience."

“I write because I hate. A lot. Hard.”

Source : William H. Gass, Theodore G. Ammon (2003). “Conversations with William H. Gass”, p.8, Univ. Press of Mississippi

“Each time you decide to grow again, you realize you're starting at the bottom of another ladder.”

“The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.”

“I see no sin in a kiss. I only see sin in the condemnation”

“The first kiss ideally signals rapture, exchange of hearts, and imminent marriage. Otherwise it is a kiss that lies. All very crude and nonsensical, and yet it is the staple myth of hundreds of comics called 'Sweethearts,' 'Romantic Secrets' and so forth. The state induced by the kiss is actually self-induced, of course, for few lips are so gifted with electric and psychedelic possibilities.”

“Be kind today....to yourself, remember to be a good friend to yourself, accept that you're doing your best, love your perfect imperfections, be mindful of what you need and give it to yourself, and surround yourself with people who honor, love and cherish you for who you are.”

“Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.”

Source : "Poet, pike and a pitiful grouse". Interview with Thomas Pero, www.theguardian.com. January 7, 1999.

“To rehearse imaginary conversations on paper is called literature. To do so out loud is called madness.”

Source : Philip Sington (2012). “The Valley of Unknowing”, p.77, Random House