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

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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...

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...

As a writer, I've always been interested in others.

As a writer, I've always been interested in others.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.

My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.

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...

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 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...

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

The salt of any interesting civilization is mixture.

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

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

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...

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.

If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy? Some cost a passing bell;...

If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy? Some cost a passing bell;...

When we dream alone it is only a dream, but when many dream together it...

When we dream alone it is only a dream, but when many dream together it...

They all start competing against Lincoln as the greatest president. And the [library] building becomes...

They all start competing against Lincoln as the greatest president. And the [library] building becomes...

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...