“On n'habite pas un pays, on habite une langue. Une patrie, c'est cela et rien d'autre.” -- Emil Cioran

“There are three rules for writing. Unfortunately, no one can agree what they are.” -- Somerset Maugham

“Le projet est le brouillon de l'avenir. Parfois, il faut à l'avenir des centaines de brouillons.” -- Jules Renard

“My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.” -- Anton Chekhov

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” -- Mark Twain