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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I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.

I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that...

An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that...

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

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

People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but...

People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.