"The night you gave me my birthday party... you were a young Lieutenant and I was a fragrant phantom, wasn't I? And it was a radiant night, a night of soft conspiracy and the trees agreed that it was all going to be for the best."

“They don't have a lot of crime in the countryside other than theft. But every once in a while, things turn ugly, and when they turn ugly, they turn very ugly.”

Source : "In 'Mad River,' A Friendly Cop Tackles Rural Crime". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, krvs.org. September 23, 2012.

“Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves.”

“I obviously read and adore traditional fiction. I teach traditional fiction; I also teach all kinds of not-so-traditional fiction.”

“In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.”

Source : "What went right?". Interview with Dave Simpson, www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2001.

“Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.”

“Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.”

Source : "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

“I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.”

“All I care about these days is painting — photography has never been more than a way into painting, a sort of instant drawing.”