My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.

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I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.

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My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.

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No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

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Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.

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But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

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It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world.

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The most important basis of any novel is wanting to be someone else, and this means creating a character.

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I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles.

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Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.

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