I write novels because there is something I don't understand in reality.

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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they...

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they...

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life...

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life...

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is...

Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is...

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so...

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so...

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of...

The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of...

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is...

If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is...

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal...

All of my problems are rather complicated - I need an entire novel to deal...

I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written.

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or...

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or...

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty...

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty...

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to...

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to...

One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel....

One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel....

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or...

I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or...

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.

It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.