“As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened”

“I’m interested in what you think is happening in this moment and what is actually happening in this moment. These are not the same.”

“Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.”

“Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image”

“I was born with the impression that what happened in books was much for reasonable, and interesting, and real, in some ways, than what happened in life.”

“To write and not tell the truth? That would be death for any writer. But more, it would be death to the imagination. And if the imagination dies, what would happen to the souls of children?”