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 plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we...

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we...

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 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 think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

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

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

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

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...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

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...

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...