Occupation: Novelist Birth: March 7, 1936 Death: March 3, 1982
Question your tea spoons..
What we need to question is bricks, concrete, glass, our table manners, our utensils, our tools, the way we spend our time, our rhythms. To question ….
The idea occurred to him when he was twenty. At first it was only a vague idea, a question looming — what should I do? — with an answer taking shape:….
This is how space begins, with words only, signs traced on the blank page. To describe space: to name it, to trace it, like those portolano-makers wh….
Force yourself to write down what is of no interest, what is most obvious, most common, most colourless...antique shops, clothes, hi-fi, etc. Don't s….
From this, one can make a deduction which is quite certainly the ultimate truth of jigsaw puzzles: despite appearances, puzzling is not a solitary ga….
Every library answers a twofold need, which is often also a twofold obsession: that of conserving certain objects (books) and that of organizing them….
It is on a day like this one, a little later, a little earlier, that you discover, without surprise, that something is wrong, that, without mincing w….
Chess is a fathead and feudal game..