Reading Was Such An Enrichment Of My

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.

I Convinced Her That Her First Loyalty Isn't To Other People, But To Her Own Feelings.

Violence Represents The Worst Kind Of Conformism.

There Are Many Things Behind A Good Novel, But In Particular There Is A Lot Of Work - A Lot Of Patience, A Lot Of Stubbornness, And A Critical Spirit.

Journalism Has Been Very Important For Me - For A Long Time I Made My Living As A Journalist, And It Also Serves As A Source Of Ideas. Many Of The Things I Have Written I Would Not Have Written Without The Experience Of Being A Journalist.