Violence represents the worst kind of conformism.

A good novel is a conjunction of many factors, the main of which is without a doubt, hard work.

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.

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.

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

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

There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.