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Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

I think what matters most in literary work is the context, not the text.

When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also aware of its importance.

It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things, the interests and motives, the leading ideas of his literary activity.

Literature invents its own rules.

The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.

The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.

Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

A book makes claims of literary art.

Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.