I have never sought the reason why I write.

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.

We're swallowed up only when we are willing for it to happen.

The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.

For me, the poetry in a work is that which makes visible the invisible.

It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles.

One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.