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Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty.

Death is present every day in our lives. It's not that I take pleasure in the morbid fascination of it, but it is a fact of life.

Eroticism is like a dance: one always leads the other.

All art is erotic.

I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently erotic or inherently sensual from birth.

Death and sex are the dominant reality of our day.

The subject of death is taboo. We feel, perhaps only subconsciously, that to be in contact with death in any way, even indirectly, somehow confronts us with the prospect of our own deaths, draws our own deaths closer and makes them more real and thinkable.

Sexual living is a reflection of God's love for us. It has two key qualities, which is faithfulness and creativity of new life.

I'm drawn to the taboos that surround the human body. I find it fascinating that we are repelled by many of the acts and processes that keep us alive.

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.