Den eneste abnormitet er manglende evne til at elske. |
Forfatterens rolle er ikke at sige, hvad vi alle kan sige, men det, som vi ikke kan sige. |
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it. |
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. |
My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. |
The only abnormality is the incapacity to love. |