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Eroticism Has Its Own Moral Justification Because It Says That Pleasure Is Enough For Me; It Is A Statement Of The Individual's Sovereignty.

In General, I Think My Freedom Of Invention Is Not Limited When I Use Historical Characters.

If You Are Killed Because You Are A Writer, That's The Maximum Expression Of Respect, You Know.

The Writer’s Job Is To Write With Rigor, With Commitment, To Defend What They Believe With All The Talent They Have. I Think That’s Part Of The Moral Obligation Of A Writer, Which Cannot Be Only Purely Artistic. I Think A Writer Has Some Kind Of Responsibility At Least To Participate In The Civic Debate. I Think Literature Is Impoverished, If It Becomes Cut From The Main Agenda Of People, Of Society, Of Life.

When I Was Young, When I Started To Write, We Were Totally Convinced That Literature Was A Kind Of Weapon.