People say, "Well, you went on television, it enlarged your readership." It did not at all, not at all. I might as well tell you, I lost some readership, because the profound audience felt somehow bothered by my too easy manner.

Life is a state of mind.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

I always have a sense of trembling, but so does a compass, after all.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.