Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

I ask of any God, of any gods, that if they give immortality, I hope to be granted oblivion also.

It also occurred to him that throughout history, humankind has told two stories: the story of a lost ship sailing the Mediterranean seas in quest of a beloved isle, and the story of a god who allows himself to be crucified on Golgotha.

Unlike the novel, a short story may be, for all purposes, essential.

All theories are legitimate, no matter. What matters is what you do with them.

Whoever would undertake some atrocious enterprise should act as if it were already accomplished should impose upon himself a future as irrevocable as the past.