A lokacin da ya kai shekara 18, ya yi ikirarin cewa ya karanta kowane wasan kwaikwayo da aka buga a Faransanci tun daga 1900.
Tabbas, wani nau'i mai rikitarwa na jumla shine "A lokacin da yake da shekaru 18, ya yi iƙirarin cewa shekara ta biyu na mata takwas sun fi nasara sosai kamar yadda ya lashe Hachette Prix du Quai des Orfevres don Mafi Kyawun Wasanni a 1961. "