The writer must be a person who is willing to be silent.
I'm not interested in money or fame; I don't want to be on display like an animal in a zoo.
The work is a kind of mapping.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all doing direct the other way.