I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles.

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The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

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.

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 -...

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...

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 live quietly at home among my family and friends.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

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.

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

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