Generally speaking, we can and should say everything. We just have to choose the right time, otherwise the truth can be worse than a lie.

When leaders betray their people and the people don't overthrow them, it's not just the leaders who should be blamed.

How easily the truth is lost, and how persistent lies are.

I am fat, lazy and kind.

It's great to be excited by your profession, whether you are a doctor or a writer. I started writing books when I was in medical school and, by the time I graduated, I realized that writing was more exciting to me than being a doctor. And if I tried to be a doctor and a writer, then both would suffer.

Life consists of nothing but exceptions.

You're a big boy, you ought to understand that punctual transport, public order and safe streets, polite people and good medical services are all the achievements of dictatorship.