Quotes About Author

Isn't that exactly the definition of biography? An artificial logic imposed on an 'incoherent succession of images'?

I understood that there was no escaping the memories, that I was surround by them.

No, it was not superstition, it was a sense of beauty that cured her of her depression and imbued her with a new will to live.

Metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with.

Love is by definition an unmerited gift; being loved without meriting it is the very proof of real love.

love is a continual interrogation. I don't know of a better definition of love.

Le roman n'est pas une confession de l'auteur, mais une exploration de ce qu'est la vie humaine dans le piège qu'est devenu le monde.

Y como en aquel momento no tenía nada con que obsequiar al mundo, obsequiaba a Klara. Al menos con promesas

Una novela no es una confesión del autor, sino una investigación sobre lo que es la vida humana dentro de la trampa en que se ha convertido el mundo.

I say novelist, not writer. The novelist is one who, according to Flaubert, seeks to disappear behind his work.

Every human life has many aspects. The past of each one of us can be just as easily arranged into the biography of a beloved statesman as into that of a criminal.

Unfortunate and wretched are those who have respected a book they did not love and hated those they did.

Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? . . . And just tell me where in the world you find these angels who are going to organize society for us.

I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration.

I'm not a technical person. It's not something I personally do love. I'm actually terrified of it, and that is what's interesting to me about it.

I love the slow, warming sensation of my body going numb when I drink.

I can't say that I love writing, but I do love the satisfaction that it gives me.

Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.

'Psycho' is fascinating philosophically, because the point of 'Psycho' is that everything that's bad happens because of love.

I am not much of a hand at love songs, you see I mingle metaphysics with even this, but perhaps in this age of Philosophy that may be excused.

Ah! what a divine religion might be found out if charity were really made the principle of it instead of faith.

We really love all sports, but we don't think in the long term. The reason we did Kingpin was because there was a script we really liked and we saw the possibilities.

I love Scotland. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and has a wonderful tradition of supporting the arts.

I love a red lip - it's such a powerful statement. It exudes confidence and makes for a bold look.