"The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time."

"If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."

"I write because I have to. It's a compulsion."

"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."

"As a writer, I can't think of anything more important than a language that is accurate and precise, but also beautiful and provocative."