“Sometimes I don't know whether I'm real or whether I'm a character in one of my novels.”

“Sometimes I don't know whether I'm thening or nowing.”

“I don't know who I am, I don't know what I'm like, how can I know what I want? I only know that whether I'm good or bad, whether I'm a bitch or not, whether I'm strong or weak or contemptible or a bloody martyr - I mean whether I'm fat or thin, tall or short, because I don't know - I want to be happy.”

“I don't know whether my nation will perish and I don't know which of my characters is right. I invent stories, confront one with another, and by this means i ask questions. The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.”

“Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean.”

“I can't answer a single one of these, which is how I know that whether I'm ready or not, I'm growing up.”