Marek Hlasko

A writer without his country is nothing.

I've lost Poland. Without Poland, I go down. I've been thrown out; yet I love my country.

The road that led me to literature was very different from the one followed by my fellow writers in Poland.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.

Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this.