In my view, the novelist has no right to express his opinions on the things of this world. In creating, he must imitate God: do his job and then shut up.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.

You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything

I like prostitution. My heart has never failed to pound at the sight of one of those provocatively dressed women walking in the rain under the gaslamps, just as the sight of monks in their robes and girdles touches some ascetic, hidden corner of my soul.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

There is no truth. There is only perception.