I am sick of atrocities, though these are now the natural order of our world. And I would still like to act!

I look on my life as raw material for my novels: that's just the way I am, and it frees me from any inhibitions.

...I would like to live a little bit longer in this beautiful concentration camp.

I refuse to adapt or integrate myself.

Talking is not enough; words don't clarify anything. I'll have to hit upon something, but what?

There's just one revolution that I can take seriously, and that's a police revolution.

Of course, living is another way of killing oneself: its drawback is that it takes so horribly long.

I tried to depict the human face of this history, I wanted to write a book that people would actually want to read.

Nonexistence. The society of the nonexistent. In the street yesterday a nonexistent person trod on my foot with his nonexistent foot.

One cannot start a new life, you can only continue the old one.

Myslím, že na místa, kde se odvíjely rozhodující události našich životů, stojí za to občas zavítat, abychom zjistili: nemáme sami se sebou nic společného.

God has enough timeless resources for all mankind.

It’s not how you start that’s important, but how well you finish!

But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.

Your very success is what's going to destroy you. The survival mechanism that you've developed is the very thing which will cause the downfall of your subtle physical body.

Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.

In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.

We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it.

I never say never, but I haven't been given the quality of script to compel me to go on television.

The 9/11 strikes left an indelible impact on our minds, but in relative terms, the scale of casualties actually wasn't all that high.

I'm the oldest I've ever been, right now.