Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.

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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.

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 -...

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...

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 -...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

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...

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...

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 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...

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

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...