
“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.”
Source: The Wild Palms
Source: The Gospel of Loki
“Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.”
Source: The Wild Palms
“I avoid literature whenever possible, because whenever possible I avoid myself…”
Source: Wittgenstein's Nephew
Discussing the death of Scientologist Lisa McPherson in Clearwater, Florida — [Thomas C., Tobin, The Man Behind Scientology, http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/102598/scientologypart1.html, St. Petersburg Times, October 25, 1998, 2010-07-03].
As quoted by David Milner, "Haruo Nakajima Interview" http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/nakajima.htm, Kaiju Conversations (March 1995)
“I try to avoid experience if I can. Most experience is bad.”
Interview in Writers at Work (1988)
On what she hopes The Girl Who Smiled Beads accomplishes in “A moment on ‘Oprah’ made her a human rights symbol. She wants to be more than that.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/a-moment-on-oprah-made-her-a-human-rights-symbol-she-wants-to-be-more-than-that/2018/04/18/f394dd0c-3d98-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html in The Washington Post (2018 Apr 19)