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

Journalism has been very important for me - for a long time I made my living as a journalist, and it also serves as a source of ideas. Many of the things I have written I would not have written without the experience of being a journalist.

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

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

Nothing better protects a human being against the stupidity of prejudice, racism, religious or political sectarianism, and exclusivist nationalism than this truth that invariably appears in great literature: that men and women of all nations and places are essentially equal, and only injustice sows among them discrimination, fear, and exploitation.

It is rare and almost impossible for a novel to have only one narrator.

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