All Confessions Are Odysseys.

To Have One's Own Story Told By A Third Party Who Doesn't Know That The Character In Question Is Himself The Hero Of The Story Being Told, That's A Technical Refinement.

The Iliad Is The Private Lives Of People Thrown Into Disorder By History.

We Have Gotten Away From This Double Aspect Of Either Putting The Character Back Into Historical Events Or Of Making A Historical Event Of His Very Life.

Fiction Has Consisted Either Of Placing Imaginary Characters In A True Story, Which Is The Iliad, Or Of Presenting The Story Of An Individual As Having A General Historical Value, Which Is The Odyssey.

It Is The Creator Of Fiction's Point Of View; It Is The Character Who Interests Him. Sometimes He Wants To Convince The Reader That The Story He Is Telling Is As Interesting As Universal History.