I am a highly disciplined person. I get up at seven every morning and, still in my pajamas, sit down at my desk where my checkered ring binders and my fountain pen are ready for use. I try to write two pages every day.

Great changes in the direction of peace have often come from people who were no great advocates of peace to begin with.

Enjoyment of football is part of the social context, and I have lost my faith in this social context.

Painting taught literature to describe.

Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.

My religion is complicated. Literature is my true religion. After all, I come from a completely non-religious family.

There are two kind of men,' said Ka, in a didatic voice. 'The first kind does not fall in love until he's seen how the girls eats a sandwich, how she combs her hair, what sort of nonsense she cares about, why she's angry at her father, and what sort of stories people tell about her. The second type of man -- and I am in this category -- can fall in love with a woman only if he knows next to nothing about her.