We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.
I believe in life and in people. I feel obliged to advocate their highest ideals as long as I believe them to be true. I also see myself compelled to revolt against ideals I believe to be false, since recoiling from rebellion would be a form of treason
Without literature my life would be miserable.
I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
If life has no meaning, why don't we create a meaning for it?
God did not intend religion to be an exercise club.