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.

I suppress in my prose any language which calls attention to itself.

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I hold his work in low regard.

The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited number of persons with whom he can hold a conversation.

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening.

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one.

Like nature, our economic system remains, in the long run, stable and rational...We welcome the inevitable seasons of our economy! How foolish of us.