Liberty is inseparable from social justice, and those who dissociate them, sacrificing the first with the purpose of attaining the second more quickly, are the true barbarians of our time.

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

A novel which persuades us of its truth is true however full of lies it may be

Journalism is a way of voicing opinion, of participating in the political, social, or cultural debate.

In general, I think my freedom of invention is not limited when I use historical characters.

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.

I have a chest full of all the insults, villainies, and infamies a man is capable of withstanding. . . . If you become famous, you will have to go through that.