In the construction of Immortal Fame you need first of all a cosmic shamelessness.
The French, the Italians, the Germans, the Spanish and the English have spent centuries killing each other.
Mystical additions and subtractions always come out the way you want.
I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
[In my writing] I know that I have made a caricature out of [others' academic] theories [but] I think that caricatures are frequently good portraits.
Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.