My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.

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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.

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.

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...

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 live quietly at home among my family and friends.

I live quietly at home among my family and friends.

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

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

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 -...

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

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...

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

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

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'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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...