Racism? But isn't it only a form of misanthropy?

For a writer only one form of patriotism exists: his attitude toward language.

As long as the state permits itself to interfere in the affairs of literature, literature has the right to interfere with the affairs of state.

Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse

What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.

When I'm not writing or reading, I'm thinking about both.

Poems, novels - these things belong to the nation, to the culture and the people. They've been stolen from the people and now the stolen things are being returned to their owners, but I don't think their owners should be grateful to receive them.