The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.

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In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of...

In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of...

Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an...

Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an...

Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War -...

Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War -...

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.

I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.

Eco sees the intellectual as an organizer of culture, someone who can run a magazine...

Eco sees the intellectual as an organizer of culture, someone who can run a magazine...

My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.

My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.

When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army -...

When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army -...

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means...

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means...

Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic...

Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic...

Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm...

Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm...

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.

Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some...

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some...

My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in...

My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in...

I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions.

I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions.

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher...

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher...

There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about.

There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about.

It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be...

It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be...