Only The Poor Are Handicapped By Honor.

Winning Nobel Imposed On Me A Lifestyle To Which I Am Not Used And Which I Would Not Have Preferred.

I Wake Up Early In The Morning And Walk For An Hour. If I Have Something To Write, I Prefer To Write In The Morning Until Midday, And In The Afternoon, I Eat.

I Accepted The Interviews And Encounters That Had To Be Held With The Media, But I Would Have Preferred To Work In Peace.

An Allegory Is Not Meant To Be Taken Literally. There Is A Great Lack Of Comprehension On The Part Of Some Readers.

For The First Time In My Life, I Felt That A Wave, A Justice Was Sweeping Away A Deep-seated Decay Without Any Indulgence. I Dearly Wished That It Would Keep Going Without Hesitation Or Deviation, In A Spirit Of Purity Forever.