It seems to me that I have always existed and that I possess memories that date back to the Pharaohs.

Tout ce qu'on invente est vrai, soi-en sure. La poesie est une chose aussi precise que la geometrie.

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a monstrosity, something outside of nature.

Sometimes I think I'm liquefying like an old Camembert.

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.

I'm absolutely removed from the world at such times...The hours go by without my knowing it. Sitting there I'm wandering in countries I can see every detail of - I'm playing a role in the story I'm reading. I actually feel I'm the characters - I live and breath with them.