Neither reproaches nor encouragements are able to revive a faith that is waning.

Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium.

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

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

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.

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

Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.