Revolution will free society of its afflictions, while science will free the individual of his.

I completely believe that - literature for me is a way of life. That's probably true of all writers or all artists. I think in the end this kind of activity absorbs one in such a way that it becomes one's way of life.

I think in a country like mine, violence is at the root of all human relations.

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

Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty.

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

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.