Try to discover who I am from my choice of words and colors, as attentive people like yourselves might examine footprints to catch a thief.

It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people.

Without patience and the skill of a craftsman, even the greatest talent is wasted.

A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is: when I speak of writing, what comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or literary tradition, it is a person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and alone, turns inward; amid its shadows, he builds a new world with words.

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love.

[N]othing is as surprising as life. Except for writing. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation.

Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere