« THE DISCIPLE: Master with you I learn modesty. THE MAITRE: Disciple, don't be so humble when you're not that big. »

« In this novel, a double posed will give birth to a chapter to a single character, a single to a chapter with two characters, exceptionally three if one of the characters does not act or speak. Double zero is an interesting case: it will create a chapter with two secondary characters, or only one. »

« Mr President, Dear Jacques Chirac, I saw you yesterday on television with your wife Bernadette. With her perm and tailor, she didn't look, how to say? accomodante (I know well that good French would require me to write "accomodant air" without agreeing with the feminine, but you will see the use will eventually make law). In short, to return to Bernadette, I myself was once engaged to a woman of a difficult character, to tell you the truth of a real dragon. Mine was called Madeleine, so it's irrelevant. Get my best feelings. Hervé Le Tellier »