The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about beginning with the Revolution, and in a certain way, developed as a consequence of the Revolution. But it was also a result of the counterrevolutionary…

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A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women...

This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women...

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....

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

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

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

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

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...

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...

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...

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...

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the...

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the...

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

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

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 always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

Cruelty is a waste of precious time and energy but kindness is an investment which...

Cruelty is a waste of precious time and energy but kindness is an investment which...

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them,...

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them,...

The world is so full of care and sorrow that it is a gracious debt...

The world is so full of care and sorrow that it is a gracious debt...