Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Soul Mountain, the story of one man’s quest for inner peace and freedom.

Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he's capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man.

To subvert is not the aim of literature, its value lies in discovering and revealing what is rarely known, little known, thought to be known but in fact not very well known of the truth of the human world. It would seem that truth is the unassailable and most basic quality of literature.

Only a lunatic would think that art is superior to nature.

Men always look differently at women, even if it's not your intention it is wrongly interpreted as such.

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.