How clear everything becomes when you look from the darkness of a dungeon.

We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us.

Perhaps I am not as wise as I like to think I am.

A secret is powerful when it is empty.

The function of memory is not only to preserve, but also to throw away. If you remembered everything from your entire life, you would be sick.

The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.

History is a blood-drenched enigma and the world an error.