I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

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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...

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher...

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.