I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.

Progress is man's indifference to the lessons of history.

The factory workers say that it's impossible to do anything right. If you arrive five minutes early you are a saboteur; if you arrive five minutes late you are betraying socialism; if you arrive on time they say, Where did you get the watch?

Whatever path you take, there is a league of bad road.

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Well socialism is exactly the reverse.