"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…"

"A book is more than a verbal structure... it is the dialogue with the reader, and the tone of his voice, and the accent he gives it."

"The greatest joy of my life is to read."

"Any life, however long and complicated it may be, is made up of a single moment — the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is."

"I am a man who has been many men."