Art should be pretentious. The place to be sincere is in one's relationships.

First one tells a lie; then one believes it; then one becomes it.

Novelists are basically inviting their readers to play a game of pretend. That's what fiction is: a game of pretend.

The only valid rule for a work of art is that it be true to itself.

You can never say "no, that's impossible" when it comes to human behavior or human relationships.

A puzzle with a solution is a game. A puzzle without a solution is a work of art.