Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.

I found myself in a sea in which the waves of joy and sorrow were clashing against each other.

He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.

It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.