A letter doesn't communicate by words alone. A letter, just like a book, can be read by smelling it, touching it and fondling it. Thereby, intelligent folk will say, 'Go on then, read what the letter tells you!' whereas the dull-witted will say, 'Go on then, read what he's written!

I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.

Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.

Writing my own diary is the best form of remembrance, but only for my own use. I need these notes; it's like an impulse.

I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely find a quiet place, open my diary and write something in it.

How different from the cosy world of Rüya's detective novels, where authors never vexed a hero with more signs than he needed.

There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god.