I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight to begin. Between nine and ten o'clock I have a long breakfast with reading and music.

An empty bus hurtles through the starry night Perhaps the driver is singing and happy because he sings.

After the collapse of socialism, capitalism remained without a rival. This unusual situation unleashed its greedy and - above all - its suicidal power. The belief is now that everything - and everyone - is fair game.

It's dangerous to watch staggering butterflies. They have a plan but it has no meaning.

Whenever there has been talk of exterminating rats, others, who were not rats, have been exterminated.

I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight to begin. Between nine and ten o'clock I have a long breakfast with reading and music.

I have often supported Israel, I have often visited the country and want the country to exist and at last find peace with its neighbours.