“Writing is more about discovery than invention.”

“When one is nothing, one invents. It fills a void.”

“Of course I loved books more than people.”

“All children mythologise their birth. It is a universal trait. You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.”

“A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.”

“He has explained why it is that ambiguity touches his heart more nearly than the death and marriage style of finish that i prefer.”

“After a great many questions I eventually ascertained that he is suffering from some kind of disorder of the mind. Is there anything more sorrowful than a brain whose proper function has been disrupted?”