In my books you have to concentrate, but I work hard to make it that, when you do, the rewards are quite high.

I've always been fascinated by physics and cosmology. It gets more and more scary the older you get.

The sentence is the greatest human invention of civilization.

For memory, we use our imagination. We take a few strands of real time and carry them with us, then like an oyster we create a pearl around them.

I am the worst judge of my books.

The first thought that occurred to me, that night when I heard the chairman of the jury announce my name, was, Just think how many people hate me at this moment. Naturally, I wanted to annoy those people even further by being arrogant.

The telephone ringing gave me a dreadful start. I have never got used to this machine, the way it crouches so malevolently, ready to start clamouring for attention when you least expect it, like a mad baby.