We are finally living in Plato's cave, if we consider how those who were imprisoned within the cave - who could do nothing but watch those shadows passing on the back wall - were convinced that those shadows were their one and only reality. I see a profound similarity to all this in the epoch we're now living in. We no longer live simply through images: we live through images that don't even exist, which are the result not of physical projection but of pure virtuality.

doubt is the privilege of those who have lived a long time

Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed.

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.

We never consider that the things dogs know about us are things of which we have not the faintest notion.

The ear has to be educated if one wishes to appreciate musical sounds, just as the eyes must learn to distinguish the value of words.

A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled.