"I am a writer, and I believe in the power of words."

"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 a lover of paradoxes."

"The fact is that we are all on a road to death, and I don't see why we should make such a fuss about it."

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