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.

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

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.

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

Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds.

Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry.

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