"The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody."

"I am not an intellectual. I am a writer."

"I always say that I am not a writer but a reader. I am a reader who writes. I read a lot, and I write very little. And I read everything."

"I have always been fascinated by mirrors, because they are a kind of portal to another world."

"A book is more than a verbal structure... it is the dialogue with the reader, and the tone of his voice, and the accent he gives it."