Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere.

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

The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen and still smiles. The mystery of India, say Indologists.

Today I know that all things are watching, that nothing goes unseen, that even wallpaper has a better memory than human beings.

What makes books - and with them writers - so dangerous that church and state, politburos and the mass media feel the need to oppose them?

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.

Lies that do not hurt, which are different from lies that protect oneself or hurt another person. That is not my business. But the truth is mostly very boring, and you can help it along with lies. There is no harm in that.