Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities.

Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments.

If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.

I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion.

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

Since flesh can't stay, we pass the words along.