We Must Mistrust Utopias: They Usually End

There Is An Incompatibility Between Literary Creation And Political Activity.

I Couldn't Imagine Any Other Way Of Living, Outside Of Books, Outside My Work. Which Doesn't Mean I Am Not Interested In Other Things, Of Course - I Am Interested In Many Things. But The Center, The Crux, Is Always Literature.

Like Writing, Reading Is A Protest Against The Insufficiencies Of Life.

I Have Been Always Fascinated And Seduced By History, Which I Think Is Very Close, Very Close To Literature.

Literature Is A Form Of Permanent Insurrection. Its Mission Is To Arouse, To Disturb, To Alarm, To Keep Men In A Constant State Of Dissatisfaction With Themselves.