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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

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...

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...

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...

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...