"A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion."

"Literature is the mirror of society."

I believe that the job of the novelist is to go out into the world and to bring back news of the human condition.

Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.