Money bought freedom; without it one could never be free.
A lot of the experiences I write about could be described as grasping for boundaries, trying to find the limits of things.
It has been my experience that the people I judge most harshly are the ones in whom I recognize some part of myself.
New York at night, from its bridges, is a miracle. When I first came to the city, it took all my fantasies and set them on fire, turned them into flickering constellations of light.
The frustration of being marginalized often gets misdirected at the most visible members of one's own community, because they are more accessible than the real agents of marginalization.
Abandonment by a lover won't kill us. But it awakens the parts of us that remember when it could.
I was in the fantasy. I was selling myself on the fantasy as I was doing it. It never occurred to me. I did take notes, but just because I am a writer. I've been a writer since I was five. You don't have any sort of outlandish, shocking, extraordinary, horrifying experience without writing it down, because I know and knew that you forget things. No matter how outrageous and amazing and extraordinary and seemingly unforgettable an experience is, it's kind of like a dream. It will erode inevitably, for me.
What we love to do we find time to do.
Not everybody relates to pain, but if you can watch other people playacting it, you can absorb some of that vibe. It's like watching horror movies - you want to have the experience, but in a safe environment.
I don't want fame. I want to grow as an actor and a person while having my family and my life.
The making of fiction takes literally what is suggested by our imagination.