Talking is not enough; words don't clarify anything. I'll have to hit upon something, but what?
Imre KertészOf course, living is another way of killing oneself: its drawback is that it takes so horribly long.
Imre KertészI look on my life as raw material for my novels: that's just the way I am, and it frees me from any inhibitions.
Imre KertészYou just sit there and tolerate it, the same way everything in this country is tolerated. Every deception, every lie, every bullet in the brains. Just as you are already tolerating bullets in the brains that will be implemented only after the bullet is put in your brains.
Imre Kertész