There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.

It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.

All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, good and bad, white and black.

A book is a fragile creature. It suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements, clumsy hands.

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

I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot.

Mystical additions and subtractions always come out the way you want.