"The 'attempts' to save people from literature, literature from politics and politics from people amuse me much"

"It is foolish to say that only the politicians, but not the artists, have the right to express themselves clear opinions on dictators, unemployment, lock-outs, wars, etc. Exploitation-mongers encourage such stupidity."

"The literature which could lead social change on to a right path is progressive; it is forward looking."

"That which can not reveal the secrets of nature is no science; that which can not alleviate the drudgery of life is no 'invention'; that which can not illuminate every nook and corner of life is no literature."

"We need to create our literature for our own times … Fixation to the literary standards of the bygone ages is nothing but deceit."