Its Easy To Know What You Want

No Matter How Ephemeral It Is, A Novel Is Something, While Despair Is Nothing.

Literature Is A Form Of Permanent Insurrection. Its Mission Is To Arouse, To Disturb, To Alarm, To Keep Men In A Constant State Of Dissatisfaction With Themselves.

The Writer’s Job Is To Write With Rigor, With Commitment, To Defend What They Believe With All The Talent They Have. I Think That’s Part Of The Moral Obligation Of A Writer, Which Cannot Be Only Purely Artistic. I Think A Writer Has Some Kind Of Responsibility At Least To Participate In The Civic Debate. I Think Literature Is Impoverished, If It Becomes Cut From The Main Agenda Of People, Of Society, Of Life.

North American Society Could Not Have Reached Its State Of High Development And Modernity Had It Not Been An Open Society.

The Foundations Of Liberty Are Private Property And The Rule Of Law; This System Guarantees The Fewest Possible Forms Of Injustice, Produces The Greatest Material And Cultural Progress, Most Effectively Stems Violence And Provides The Greatest Respect For Human Rights. According To This Concept Of Liberalism, Freedom Is A Single, Unified Concept. Political And Economic Liberties Are As Inseparable As The Two Sides Of A Medal.