I Was Very Young And Lived With

I Have A Chest Full Of All The Insults, Villainies, And Infamies A Man Is Capable Of Withstanding. . . . If You Become Famous, You Will Have To Go Through That.

I Couldn't Imagine Any Other Way Of Living, Outside Of Books, Outside My Work. Which Doesn't Mean I Am Not Interested In Other Things, Of Course - I Am Interested In Many Things. But The Center, The Crux, Is Always Literature.

When I Was Young, When I Started To Write, We Were Totally Convinced That Literature Was A Kind Of Weapon.

I Was Very Young And Lived With My Grandparents In A Villa With White Walls In The Calle Ocharan, In Miraflores.

There Is An Incompatibility Between Literary Creation And Political Activity.