In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.

I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.

Those who love life do not read. Nor do they go to the movies, actually. No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the world.

Not having anything around to read is dangerous: you have to content yourself with life itself, and that can lead you to take risks.

The dream of all men is to meet little sluts who are innocent but ready for all forms of depravity—which is what, more or less, all teenage girls are.

The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.

If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.