My basic view of things is - not to have any basic view of things. From having been exceedingly dogmatic, my views on life have gradually dissolved. They don't exist any longer... I've a strong impression that our world is about to go under. Our political systems are deeply compromised and have no further uses. Our social behavior patterns - interior and exterior - have proved a fiasco. The tragic thing is, we neither can nor want to, nor have the strength to alter course. It's too late for revolutions, and deep down inside ourselves we no longer even believe in their positive effects. Just around the corner an insect world is waiting for us - and one day it's going to roll in over our ultra-individualized existence. Otherwise I'm a respectable social democrat.

That I wasn't interested in politics or social matters, that's dead right. I was utterly indifferent. After the war and the discovery of the concentration camp…

Now let's get this Devil business straight, once and for all. To begin at the beginning: the notion of God, one might say, has changed aspect over the years, u…

In our family we had a well-to-do aunt who always gave us magnificent Christmas presents. She was so much part of the family that we even included her in our p…

'For too long, we have allowed fear to dictate our politics and suspicions, to shape how we perceive other communities.'

American capitalism is predatory, and American politics are corrupt: The same thing is true in England and the same in France; but in all these three countries…

True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?