I love the smell of book ink in the morning.

The Internet gives us everything and forces us to filter it not by the workings of culture, but with our own brains. This risks creating six billion separate encyclopedias, which would prevent any common understanding whatsoever.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

I have a good memory. But I would be interested in memory even if I had a bad memory, because I believe that memory is our soul. If we lose our memory completely, we are without a soul.

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner.

Our most noted satirists are true columnists and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented exposé.

Writing doesn't mean necessarily putting words on a sheet of paper. You can write a chapter while walking or eating.