"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web."

"I am not a political writer, but I am a writer who is politically aware."

The first duty of the sovereign， that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies， can be performed only by means of a military force.

作家的任务是使熟悉的事物变得陌生，使陌生的事物变得熟悉。