"It was a pleasure to do, but I never thought it would be as huge as it is now."

"To me, art has always been a fun way to be creative."

"I didn't know what a white shark looked like, really, but I combined pieces of them to make the shark on the book cover."

"Enjoying an extraordinary knowledge of languages (ancient and modern), literature, and art, by his cultured personali…"

"One scarcely knows to whom to complain."

"I used to maintain that if it couldn't be put into words it didn't exist; if anything I believe rather the opposite now."

"Of course I believe in graphology, also palmistry, the I Ching, the tarot, astrology, and all those other delicious t…"

"I think style chooses you... if I could choose, I would write like Jane Austen and I would draw like Rembrandt."

"Well, I'm neither one thing nor the other particularly. I suppose I'm gay. But I don't really identify with it much..…"

"Ideally, if anything were any good, it would be indescribable."