I believe myself to be the type of person who does not complicate his life. I have always lived my life without dramatizing things, whether the good things that have happened to me or the bad. I simply live those moments. Jose Saramago badcomplicatedramatize share on social
People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich. Jose Saramago democraticformgovernment Change image and share on social
In the end, I am quite normal. I don't have odd habits. I don't dramatize. Above all, I do not romanticize the act of writing. I don't talk about the anguish I suffer in creating. I do not have a fear of the blank page, writer's block, all those things that we hear about writers. Jose Saramago actanguishblank share on social
A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction. Jose Saramago constantconstantlyconstruction Change image and share on social
What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being? Jose Saramago humankillkind Change image and share on social
I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Jose Saramago imagineinvolvementkind Change image and share on social
There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is. Jose Saramago plentyputreason Change image and share on social
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. Jose Saramago birthfirelife Change image and share on social
In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays. Jose Saramago effectessayessayist Change image and share on social
The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a process of change over the last 20 or 30 years. A civilization ends, another one begins. Jose Saramago beginchangecivilization Change image and share on social
