Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is.

Quote by Jose Saramago

Topics: Writers Quotes

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with...

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with...

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the...

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the...

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my...

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my...

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the...

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions...

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions...

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

Americans have discovered fear.

Americans have discovered fear.

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon....

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon....

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...