I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?

This must be what it means to be a ghost, being certain that life exists, because your four senses say so, and yet unable to see it.

The possibility of the impossible, dreams and illusions, are the subject of my novels.

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

...we confidently say that it's not worth trying to reach any conclusions merely because we decide to stop halfway along the path that would lead us straight to them.

Some drivers have already got out of their cars, prepared to push the stranded vehicle to a spot where it will not hold up the traffic, they beat furiously on the closed windows, the man inside turns his head in their direction, first to one side then to the other, he is clearly shouting something, to judge by the movements of his mouth he appears to be repeating some words, no one word but three, as turns out to be the case when someone finally manages to open the door, I am blind.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Yes, I'm a writer, but I live in this world, and my writing doesn't exist on a separate level. And if people know who I am and read my books, well, good; that way, if I have something more to say, then everyone benefits.