The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.

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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...

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 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...

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.

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 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...

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

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

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 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.

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...

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 -...

People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but...

People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but...

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...

Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic...

Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic...

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...

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.

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...

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 prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.