Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.

Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.

I am weak, I say with no presumptions. I have no merit, I note it, that is all. There are times that I feel so weak there most be a mistake, and as I don't know what I mean with this, I am not going to say anything else

I see History as a relay race in which one of us, before dropping in his tracks, must carry one stage further the challenge of being a man.

Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.

Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

I've had a lot of fun. Good-bye, and thank you.