That is one thing I am sure of amid my many uncertainties regarding the literary vocation: deep inside, a writer feels that writing is the best thing that ever happened to him, or could ever happen to him, because as far as he is concerned, writing is the best possible way of life, never mind the social, political, or financial rewards of what he might achieve through it.

We were trained as writers with the idea that literature is something that can change reality, that it's not just a very sophisticated entertainment, but a way to act.

When I was young, when I started to write, we were totally convinced that literature was a kind of weapon.

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

writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible!

Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant state of dissatisfaction with themselves.

The truths that seem most truthful, if you look at them from all sides, if you look at them close up, turn out to be either half truths or lies.