“In provincia i segreti hanno vita breve. (In the countryside, secrets have a short lifespan).”

“I would willingly pass my life writing and re-writing the same book - that one book every writer carries within him - the image of his own soul.”

“On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture.”

“Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying no to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social, and even political.”

“Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.”

“تو هیچ مترس چون بخشوده شده ای، اما برای جامعه فاسدی که تو را مجبور کرده است تا از بین مرگ و بی آبرویی یکی را انتخاب کنی، بخشایش وجود ندارد”

“How pitiful is an intelligence used only to make excuses to quieten the conscience.”