3 December 2020 Jose Saramago I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined.
3 December 2020 Jose Saramago I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.
3 December 2020 Jose Saramago Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you’re saying you have a political conscience but you don’t agree with any of the existing parties.
3 December 2020 Jose Saramago The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.
3 December 2020 Jose Saramago Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought.
3 December 2020 Jose Saramago Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer.
