Nothing so tires a person as having to struggle, not with himself, but with an abstraction.
Jose SaramagoThere is nothing that is truly free nor democratic enough. Make no mistake, the internet did not come to save the world.
Jose SaramagoI 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.
Jose Saramago