I still forget, sometimes, that I am no longer 12 years old.

There is nothing truer than myth: history, in its attempt to realize myth, distorts it, stops halfway; when history claims to have succeeded, this is nothing but humbug and mystification. Everything we dream is realizable. Reality does not have to be: it is simply what it is.

Childhood is over the moment things are no longer astonishing.

A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.

Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their cliches.

A civil servant doesn't make jokes.

Boredom flourishes too, when you feel safe. It's a symptom of security.