It is perfectly reasonable to despair of a world where the Nobel Committee gives the Peace Prize to a man running a war.

How rare that an artist should make something which forces us to think, and encourages us to stop and think, to question why we behave the way we do.

If we're being told to do stupid or cruel things, then it is morally correct to disobey.

Writing adds up to the conscience of our times.

Women are much more honourable than men.

The road to freedom is bordered with sunflowers.

I do see myself as aiming to foment some kind of revolution.