“I do not belong to any party or any political organization. I am not a member of any church. I am not a follower of any religion. As I have said before, I am a captive here, convinced by the words within. Having been through the barren isles and prisons, I feel that I am a detainee not only with those who suffer in fascist camps, but also with those who are tortured in the Gulag Archipelago. I feel solidarity and shared responsibility with those who have fought, are fighting, and will fight against all tyrants, adorned and in rags, against all despots, in uniform and in robes.”

From the “Internal Words” Thirteen texts with thoughts and opinions. On orthography, on expression and subject in literature, on translations, on poets and prizes; on Mayakovsky and Ehrenburg, on Soviet thought; on politics. Texts published over a span of forty years (1937-1975), in the magazines “Neo-Hellenic Letters,” “Artistic News,” “New Era,” “Art Review,” “Epochs,” etc., in which the author of the Ark included a play and a screenplay, all examples of his unorthodox thinking.