I convinced her that her first loyalty isn't to other people, but to her own feelings.

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.

Science is still only a candle glimmering in a great pitch-dark cavern.

writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible!

Once upon a time, there was a boy who learned to read at the age of 5. This changed his life. Owing to the adventure tales he read, he discovered a way to escape from the poor house, the poor country, and the poor reality in which he lived.

The worst thing that can happen to an artist is to be subsidized by the state. It leads to an intellectual and artistic castration.

A novel which persuades us of its truth is true however full of lies it may be