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: Language Quotes, Writing Quotes

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:...

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.

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...

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

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 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...

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.

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...

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank...

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank...

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,...

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

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...

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...

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...

Americans have discovered fear.

Americans have discovered fear.

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...

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.

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....

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...