I have been always fascinated and seduced by history, which I think is very close, very close to literature.

I convinced her that her first loyalty isn't to other people, but to her own feelings.

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

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

There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.

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

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.