If somebody writes a book and doesn't care for the survival of that book, he's an imbecile.

We live for books.

The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer,
the wheel. Once invented it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon
that is better than a spoon

I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.

When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer.

When the poet is in love, he is incapable of writing poetry on love. He has to write when he remembers that he was in love.