The Days Of Our Lives

The Idea That Memory Is Linear Is Nonsense. What We Have In Our Heads Is A Collection Of Frames. As To Time Itself-can It Be Linear When All These Snatches Of Other Presents Exist At Once In Your Mind? A Very Elusive And Tricky Concept, Time.

All History, Of Course, Is The History Of Wars.

Mythology Is Much Better Stuff Than History. It Has Form; Logic; A Message.

I Didn't Write Anything Until I Was Well Over 30.

I Can Remember The Lush Spring Excitement Of Language In Childhood. Sitting In Church, Rolling It Around My Mouth Like Marbles--tabernacle And Pharisee And Parable, Tresspass And Babylon And Covenant.