People in the East looked toward the West with longing. They would have liked to have the same comforts, the same goods, the same chances. They saw a system that demanded of them sacrifices with nothing but promises for the future.
Stefan HeymShow me one place where a whole government is concerned with a book of a writer and is concerned enough to suppress it.
Stefan HeymIf you live in a system that is suppressive, you don't walk upright, you always go with your head down.
Stefan HeymI was in psychological warfare in World War II, so I know psychological warfare when I see it.
Stefan Heym