We are passing through a very sensitive time, and on the whole, this country is facing very big problems.

I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.

My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.

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

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

It's a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.

"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.