“In the country of the story the writer is king.”
“He had never dreamed that the country of which she would make him king (king in name but really a slave) was his own country.”
“a writer is a foreign country”
“The king must die so that the country can live.”
“A writer of stories is a liar.”
“There was once a country ruled by a king and queen who loved different things. The king loved cats and the queen loved birds. And just as cats and birds never get along, so it was that the king and queen never got along. And everyone in the country suffered as a result. In short, it was not a very pretty situation.”