"I write to try to understand, and because I have nothing better to do."
— José Saramago

January 1, 1970

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"Efe" report, in Arrecife de Lanzarote (Spain), "Saramago diz que escreve por não ter 'nada melhor para fazer'", published in Folha de São Paulo, 2007.