The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
"Escribir es una forma de terapia. A veces me pregunto cómo se las arreglan los que no escriben, los que no componen música o pintan, para escapar de la locura, de la melancolía, del terror pánico inherente a la condición humana."