Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the…

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Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the...

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the...

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

Americans have discovered fear.

Americans have discovered fear.

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my...

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my...