There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list.

I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot.

A library's ideal function is to be a little bit like a bouquiniste's stall, a place for trouvailles.

I am not on Facebook and on Twitter because the purpose of my life is to avoid messages. I receive too many messages from the world, and so I try to avoid that.

The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.

The more elusive and ambiguous a symbol is, the more it gains significance and power.

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