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Imre Kertesz quotes: Nonexistence. The society of the nonexistent. In the street yesterday a nonexistent person trod on my foot with his nonexistent foot.

Nonexistence. The society of the nonexistent. In the street yesterday a nonexistent person trod on my foot with his nonexistent foot.

Imre Kertesz quotes: Modern life is organised so that you benefit at the expense of the other, and the most extreme example of that is a camp.

Modern life is organised so that you benefit at the expense of the other, and the most extreme example of that is a camp.

Imre Kertesz quotes: Talking is not enough; words don't clarify anything. I'll have to hit upon something, but what?

Talking is not enough; words don't clarify anything. I'll have to hit upon something, but what?

Imre Kertesz quotes: I think a man turns into a writer by editing his own texts.

I think a man turns into a writer by editing his own texts.

Imre Kertesz quotes: I look on my life as raw material for my novels: that's just the way I am, and it frees me from any inhibitions.

I look on my life as raw material for my novels: that's just the way I am, and it frees me from any inhibitions.

Imre Kertesz quotes: One cannot start a new life, you can only continue the old one.

One cannot start a new life, you can only continue the old one.

Imre Kertesz quotes: I have not changed my opinion that the Holocaust is a trauma of European civilization.

I have not changed my opinion that the Holocaust is a trauma of European civilization.

Imre Kertesz quotes: Man, when reduced to nothing, or in other words a survivor, is not tragic but comic, because he has no fate.

Man, when reduced to nothing, or in other words a survivor, is not tragic but comic, because he has no fate.

Imre Kertesz quotes: I can see the young man on dizzily autumn mornings, the fog of which he inhaled just like the rapidly evaporating freedom.

I can see the young man on dizzily autumn mornings, the fog of which he inhaled just like the rapidly evaporating freedom.

Imre Kertesz quotes: If there is such a thing as freedom, then there is no fate.

If there is such a thing as freedom, then there is no fate.

Imre Kertesz quotes: I tried to depict the human face of this history, I wanted to write a book that people would actually want to read.

I tried to depict the human face of this history, I wanted to write a book that people would actually want to read.

Imre Kertesz quotes: I refuse to adapt or integrate myself.

I refuse to adapt or integrate myself.

Imre Kertesz quotes: A book is either autobiography or a novel.

A book is either autobiography or a novel.

Imre Kertesz quotes: Of course, living is another way of killing oneself: its drawback is that it takes so horribly long.

Of course, living is another way of killing oneself: its drawback is that it takes so horribly long.

Imre Kertesz quotes: I would like to live a little bit longer in this beautiful concentration camp.

I would like to live a little bit longer in this beautiful concentration camp.

Imre Kertesz quotes: In a democracy, you have to find a market niche, make sure a novel is 'interesting' and 'spectacular.' That may be the toughest censorship of all.

In a democracy, you have to find a market niche, make sure a novel is 'interesting' and 'spectacular.' That may be the toughest censorship of all.

Imre Kertesz quotes: It was not very likely, of course, but then all kinds of things are possible, after all.

It was not very likely, of course, but then all kinds of things are possible, after all.

Imre Kertesz quotes: I am sick of atrocities, though these are now the natural order of our world. And I would still like to act!

I am sick of atrocities, though these are now the natural order of our world. And I would still like to act!

Imre Kertesz quotes: The West in general should stand up more for its own values. It is not always worthwhile to compromise.

The West in general should stand up more for its own values. It is not always worthwhile to compromise.

Imre Kertesz quotes: Kurti had believed in politics, and politics had deceived him, the way politics deceives everyone.

Kurti had believed in politics, and politics had deceived him, the way politics deceives everyone.

Imre Kertesz quotes: There's just one revolution that I can take seriously, and that's a police revolution.

There's just one revolution that I can take seriously, and that's a police revolution.