"To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know oneself immortal."

"There are people who don't exist in my memory."

"I believe in God, but I'm not a religious man."

"The fact is that all writers create their precursors."

"It has been said that the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."