I think the gap between rich and poor is an extremely dangerous phenomenon and needs the immediate attention of the state.

A human being is all hope and impatience.

Today when we say the West we are already referring to the West and to Russia. We could use the word 'modernity' if we exclude Africa, and the Islamic world, and partially China.

... any country that is not careful can be seized.

Literature that is not the breath of contemporary society, that dares not transmit the pains and fears of that society . . . loses the confidence of its own people, and its published works are used as wastepaper instead of being read.

Yes, you live with your feet in the mud and there's no time to be thinking about how you got in or how you're going to get out.

The most intense patriotism always flourishes in the rear.