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

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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...

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.

It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.

It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.

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...

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...

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 -...

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 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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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 prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

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 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...