Violence Represents The Worst Kind Of Conformism.

Nothing Better Protects A Human Being Against The Stupidity Of Prejudice, Racism, Religious Or Political Sectarianism, And Exclusivist Nationalism Than This Truth That Invariably Appears In Great Literature: That Men And Women Of All Nations And Places Are Essentially Equal, And Only Injustice Sows Among Them Discrimination, Fear, And Exploitation.

The Truths That Seem Most Truthful, If You Look At Them From All Sides, If You Look At Them Close Up, Turn Out To Be Either Half Truths Or Lies.

Maintain Democracy Or Go To Dictatorship: That Is What Is At Stake In These Elections.

Whether Religious Or Racial, Anti-semitism Is Always Repugnant, One Of The Most Destructive Manifestations Of Human Stupidity And Evil. What Is Profoundly Expressed In It Is Man's Traditional Mistrust Of The Man Who Is Not Part Of His Tribe, That 'other' Who Speaks A Different Language, Whose Skin Is A Different Color, And Who Participates In Mysterious Rites And Rituals.

I Completely Believe That - Literature For Me Is A Way Of Life. That's Probably True Of All Writers Or All Artists. I Think In The End This Kind Of Activity Absorbs One In Such A Way That It Becomes One's Way Of Life.