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. Jose Saramago degreedestinationorder Change image and share on social
For me, writing is a job. I do not separate the work from the act of writing like two things that have nothing to do with each other. I arrange words one after another, or one in front of another, to tell a story, to say something that I consider important or useful, or at least important or useful to me. Jose Saramago actarrangefront share on social
I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes were done in a single year. Jose Saramago classfourthgood Change image and share on social
Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are. Jose Saramago inside Change image and share on social
The wisest man I ever knew in my whole life could not read or write. Jose Saramago knowlifeman Change image and share on social
We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we can coordinate them into an international movement, capitalism just laughs at all these little organisations. Jose Saramago capitalismcoordinateinternational Change image and share on social
Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up. Jose Saramago employmentfrancegive Change image and share on social
The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers. Jose Saramago fillgenreliterary Change image and share on social
I was born in a family of landless peasants, in Azinhaga, a small village in the province of Ribatejo, on the right bank of the Almonda River, around a hundred kilometres north-east of Lisbon. Jose Saramago almondaazinhagabank Change image and share on social
There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything. Jose Saramago contentlosetime Change image and share on social