“Everything is a tale, Martin. What we believe, what we know, what we remember, even what we dream. Everything is a story, a narrative, a sequence of events with characters communicating an emotional content. We only accept as true what can be narrated.”

“Everything is a story, a narrative, a sequence of events with characters communicating an emotional content.”

“Deep down we've never been who we think we once were, and we only remember what never happened.”

“We seem to live in a world where forgetting and oblivion are an industry in themselves and very, very few people are remotely interested or aware of their own recent history, much less their neighbors'. I tend to think we are what we remember, what we know. The less we remember, the less we know about ourselves, the less we are. (Interview with Three Monkeys Online, October 2008)”

“When we stand in front of a coffin, we all see only what is good or what we want to see.”

“Death does that: it makes everyone feel sentimental. When we stand in front of a coffin, we all see only what is good or what we want to see.”

“We think we understand a song's lyrics but what makes us believe in them, or not, is the music”