Science Is Still Only A Candle Glimmering

Reading Was Such An Enrichment Of My Life. And It Was That Pleasure That I Had As A Very Young Reader Probably That Is The Origin Of My Vocation.

Journalism Has Been Very Important For Me - For A Long Time I Made My Living As A Journalist, And It Also Serves As A Source Of Ideas. Many Of The Things I Have Written I Would Not Have Written Without The Experience Of Being A Journalist.

I Always Write A Draft Version Of The Novel In Which I Try To Develop, Not The Story, Not The Plot, But The Possibilities Of The Plot. I Write Without Thinking Much, Trying To Overcome All Kinds Of Self-criticism, Without Stopping, Without Giving Any Consideration To The Style Or Structure Of The Novel, Only Putting Down On Paper Everything That Can Be Used As Raw Material, Very Crude Material For Later Development In The Story.

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.

Once Upon A Time, There Was A Boy Who Learned To Read At The Age Of 5. This Changed His Life. Owing To The Adventure Tales He Read, He Discovered A Way To Escape From The Poor House, The Poor Country, And The Poor Reality In Which He Lived.