Stories & Reflections
A journalist hounded the French writer, Albert Camus, asking him to explain his work in detail.
The author of The Plague refused:
"I write, and others can make of it what they will."
But the journalist refused to give in. One afternoon, he managed to find him in a café in Paris.
"Critics say you never take on truly profound themes," said the journalist.
"I ask you now: if you had to write a book about society, would you accept the challenge?"
"Of course," replied Camus. "The book would be one hundred pages long. Ninety-nine would be blank, since there is nothing to be said.
“At the bottom of the hundredth page, I’d write: "man’s only duty is to love ".