A narrator should not supply interpretations of his work; otherwise he would have not written a novel, which is a machine for generating interpretations.

Conspiracies and all the theories of conspiracy are a part of the canon of fakes. And I'm involved, in all of my writings, the theoretical ones as well as the novels, with the production of fakes.

Socrates ... did not write. It seems academically obvious that he perished because he did not publish!

When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment.

The Art of the Romance, though warning us that it is providing fictions, opens a door into the Palace of Absurdity, and when we have lightly stepped inside, slams it shut behind us.

Certainly, light fiction exists and encompasses mysteries or second-class romance novels, books that are read on the beach, whose only aim is to entertain. These books are not concerned with style or creativity - instead they are successful because they are repetitive and follow a template that readers enjoy.

A great problem of the internet is how to filter information, how to discard what is not relevant or what is silly and to keep only the important information.