"I have always been a shy man, and I have always been afraid of women."

"I always say that I am not a writer but a reader. I am a reader who writes. I read a lot, and I write very little. And I read everything."

"A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and people. A s…"

"To be a man is to be an argument."

"Reality is not always probable, or necessary."