Translation is the circulatory system of the world's literatures

Using quotations was at first quite spontaneous for me, but then this use became strengthened through reflection. But originally this practice came out of temperament.

When you are writing, you are - from society's point of view - only producing the first version which will then be processed and recycled.

My library is an archive of longings.

Remember when you hear yourself saying one day that you don't have time anymore to read or listen to music or look at paintings or go to the movies or do whatever feeds your head now. Then you're getting old. That means they got you, after all.

The particular qualities and intentions of photographs tend to be swallowed up in the generalized pathos of time past.

The history of art is a sequence of successful transgressions.