Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it

I write because I'm unhappy. I write because it's a way of fighting unhappiness.

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.

One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.

The secret to a masterpiece is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

Reading was such an enrichment of my life. And it was that pleasure that I had as a very young reader probably that is the origin of my vocation.