No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.

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.

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left can't govern without ideas.

Death ... doesn't take her eyes off us for a minute, so much so that even those who are not yet due to die feel her gaze pursuing them constantly.

If we cannot live entirely like human beings, at least let us do everything in our power not to live entirely like animals.

From literature to ecology, from the escape velocity of galaxies to the greenhouse effect, from garbage disposal methods to traffic jams, everything is discussed in our world. But the democratic system, as if it were a given fact, untouchable by nature until the end of time, we don't discuss that.

We've all had our moments of weakness, and if we manage to get through today without any, we'll be sure to have some tomorrow.