I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.

Religion has nothing to do with God. It's a fundamental attitude of human beings, who ask about the origins of life and what happens after death. For many, the answer is a personal god. In my opinion, it's religion that produces God, not the other way round.

There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we haven't read, that we haven't had the time to read.

I write what I write.

Narrativity presumes a special taste for plot. And this taste for plot was always very present in the Anglo-Saxon countries and that explains their high quality of detective novels.

The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.

Memory is a stopgap for humans, for whom time flies and what is passed is passed.