The soul needs only one thing: to do what the body is doing.
I'm not here to be perfect, I'm here to be real.
A writer is selected by his subject—his subject being the consciousness of his own era.
J'ai créé toutes les fêtes, tous les triomphes, tous les drames. J'ai essayé d'inventer de nouvelles fleurs, de nouveaux astres, de nouvelles chairs, de nouvelles langues.