The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear.

Charity, vertical, humiliates. Solidarity, horizontal, helps.

I am not particularly interested in saving time; I prefer to enjoy it.

If the past has nothing to say to the present, history may go on sleeping undisturbed in the closet where the system keeps its old disguises.

There are some writers who feel they are elected by God. I am not. I am elected by the devil - this is clear.

I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.

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