My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity.

One thing must be avoided at all costs: narrow-mindedness, pedantry, dull pettiness.

Reality is as thin as paper and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character.

Lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life.

Now the windows, blinded by the glare of the empty square, had fallen asleep. The balconies declared their emptiness to heaven; the open doorways smelt of coolness and wine.

Under the imaginary table that separates me from my readers, don’t we secretly clasp each other’s hands?

And one's wandering proved as sterile and pointless as the excitement produced by a close study of pornographic albums.

The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference.

Reality is as thin as paper, and betrays with all its cracks its imitative character.

They were villages forgotten in the depth of time, peopled by creatures chained forever to their tiny destinies.

How much faith you put in a prayer is more important than how much you pray without faith.

My instinct is saying its not over, but your adamant it is, what do I trust?

He who writes is the martyr, seen through the eyes of the unassuming doll.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages.

Teaching has definitely become a big part of my life in the past ten plus years. As it often does for many dedicated players. Because you can have some great gigs.

My job as the novelist is to present the whole case, then the reader gets to render her verdict.

This excessive licence, which the anarchists think is the only true freedom, provides the stock, as it were, from which a tyrant grows.

I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.

Surfing frees everything up. It's just the best soul fix. Life should be stress free, and that's what surfing is all about.