The writer is the enemy of all dictatorships, whether of the left or of the right.

Art is the highest form of hope.

认为对自由的信念总会导致胜利是错误的。我们必须时刻做好失败的准备。如果我们选择自由，那么我们必须准备同它一起消亡。

I think it's important to have a good hard failure when you're young... I learned a lot from that. Because it makes you kind of aware of what can happen to you. Because of it, I've never had any fear in my whole life when we've been near collapse and so on. I've never been afraid.