I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted. When I cease to be carried along, when I no longer feel as though I were taking down dictation, I stop.

There is no accident in our choice of reading. All our sources are related.

I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted. When I cease to be carried along, when I no longer feel as though I were taking down dictation, I stop.

The arrogance of poets is only a defense; doubt gnaws the greatest among them; they need our testimony to escape despair.

A man's passion for the mountain is, above all, his childhood which refuses to die.

The Eucharist engages us unreservedly; it is a pact of love, an alliance signed in the deeper recesses of our being. All our potentialities are called upon to warrant the protection and fulfillment of this pact.

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.