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

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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.

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what...

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what...

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?

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...

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality,...

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality,...

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States...

I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States...

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces,...

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces,...

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political...

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political...

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it...

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it...

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

Writers are not meant for action.

Writers are not meant for action.

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...

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...

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

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 didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those...

I believe that people who don't achieve anything in life are isolated and resent those...

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.