Literature Is A Form Of Permanent Insurrection.

We Must Mistrust Utopias: They Usually End In Holocausts.

I Don't Accept The Idea That Literature Can Be Just Entertainment And That There Is No Consequences Of Literature In The Real World.

I Write Because I'm Unhappy. I Write Because It's A Way Of Fighting Unhappiness.

I Learned To Read At The Age Of Five, In Brother Justiniano's Class At The De La Salle Academy In Cochabamba, Bolivia. It Is The Most Important Thing That Has Ever Happened To Me. Almost Seventy Years Later I Remember Clearly How The Magic Of Translating The Words In Books Into Images Enriched My Life, Breaking The Barriers Of Time And Space.

In My Case, Literature Is A Kind Of Revenge. It's Something That Gives Me What Real Life Can't Give Me - All The Adventures, All The Suffering. All The Experiences I Can Only Live In The Imagination, Literature Completes.