Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority.

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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...

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 -...

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

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

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...

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

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.

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First...

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First...

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...

But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have...

But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have...

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

I don't know whether these people are going to find themselves, but as they live...

I don't know whether these people are going to find themselves, but as they live...

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think...

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think...

I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television...

I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television...

As a writer, I've always been interested in others.

As a writer, I've always been interested in others.

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...

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

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

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.

I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.