Not everything has a name. Some things lead us into a realm beyond words…By means of art were are sometimes sent - dimly, briefly - revelations unattainable by reason.

The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.

Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.

Communism will never be halted by negotiations or through the machinations of detente. It can only be halted by force from without or by disintegration from within.

Woe to that nation whose literature is disturbed by the intervention of power. Because that is not just a violation against "freedom of print," it is the closing down of the heart of the nation, a slashing to pieces of its memory.

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

I was always optimistic. And I held to and was guided by my views.