The writer should always remember the example of Dostoevsky who, being the staunchest critic of nihilism, is considered by nihilists to be one of their own. This is only because Dostoevsky puts himself entirely from the point of view of his characters, so that when they manifest themselves, the ideas of their creator are indistinguishable. More than effort, achieving this level of artistic expression requires a predisposition: one that seeks, above all, to do justice to the object portrayed; one that, in a word, we call sincerity.