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

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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 -...

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 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 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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

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...

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 -...

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 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 don't know whether these people are going to find themselves, but as they live...

I don't know whether these people are going to find themselves, but as they live...

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 go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.

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

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.