Dreams, desires, etc. are part of reality because reality is a trap door: it is not full, it does not even exist in the usual sense of the word. It is something which exists and does not exist at the same time, and the holes are as important as the solid parts. I look for the holes, for that which hides and that which we desire without knowing it. Thus all my books are dreams, but they are not dreams of me, they are dreams of reality. Others dream my dreams. I am only their scribe, their typewriter.

Michel Butor, interviewed