Writers Are The Exorcists Of

Writing A Book Is A Very Lonely Business. You Are Totally Cut Off From The Rest Of The World, Submerged In Your Obsessions And Memories.

I Think In A Country Like Mine, Violence Is At The Root Of All Human Relations.

A Novel Which Persuades Us Of Its Truth Is True However Full Of Lies It May Be

I Completely Believe That - Literature For Me Is A Way Of Life. That's Probably True Of All Writers Or All Artists. I Think In The End This Kind Of Activity Absorbs One In Such A Way That It Becomes One's Way Of Life.

Whether Religious Or Racial, Anti-semitism Is Always Repugnant, One Of The Most Destructive Manifestations Of Human Stupidity And Evil. What Is Profoundly Expressed In It Is Man's Traditional Mistrust Of The Man Who Is Not Part Of His Tribe, That 'other' Who Speaks A Different Language, Whose Skin Is A Different Color, And Who Participates In Mysterious Rites And Rituals.