I would like the events never to be told directly by the author, but rather to be introduced (and several times, from various angles) by those among the characters on whom they will have had any effect. I would like those events, in the account they will make of them, to appear slightly distorted; a kind of interest stems, for the reader, from the simple fact that he should need to restore. The story requires his collaboration in order to properly take shape.

There is no work of art that is without short cuts.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

I advise the young to tell themselves constantly that most often it is up to them alone.

Man's first and greatest victory must be won against the gods.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Understanding is the beginning of approving.