I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank...

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women...

This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon....

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon....

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...