I sometimes longed for someone who, like me, had not adjusted perfectly with his age, and such a person was hard to find; but I soon discovered cats, in which I could imagine a condition like mine, and books, where I found it quite often.

There was a time when I thought a great deal about the axolotls. I went to see them at the aquarium at the Jardin des Plantes and stayed for hours watching them, observing their immobility; their faint movements. Now I am an axolotl.

All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.

Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity.

I can't think of another writer who can move me as surreptitiously as Vian does

Wordplay hides a key to reality that the dictionary tries in vain to lock inside every free word.

Once in a while it happens that I vomit up a bunny... it's not reason for one to blush and isolate oneself and to walk around keeping one's mouth shut.