Memory. My poison, my food.

I have never killed anybody, it is true, but it is because I lacked the courage or the time, not because I lacked the desire

Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with it and how far a community identifies with something that symbolizes its favourite way of dreaming, living, dancing, playing or loving. This is the positive side of the world: a constant intermingling that produces new responses to new challenges. But because of forced globalization, there's a clear trend these days towards uniformity. This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration of power in the hands of large media groups.

Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.

I am not a historian. I am a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past

Our effectiveness depends on our capacity to be audacious and astute, clear and appealing. I would hope that we can create a language more fearless and beautiful than that used by conformist writers to greet the twilight.

Most of wars or military coups or invasions are done in the name of democracy against democracy.