Writers do not come out of houses without books.

We do not know which of our silver products will be judged as gold by our successors, nor does it matter.

I never stopped reading.

It is quite easy to remark the absurdities and contradictions of a country's social system from outside its borders, but very difficult if one has been brought up in it.

I am increasingly afflicted by vertigo where words mean nothing

You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing.

What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness.