Writers Are The Exorcists Of Their Own

Memory Is A Snare, Pure And Simple; It Alters, It Subtly Rearranges The Past To Fit The Present.

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

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.

It Is Rare And Almost Impossible For A Novel To Have Only One Narrator.

The Truths That Seem Most Truthful, If You Look At Them From All Sides, If You Look At Them Close Up, Turn Out To Be Either Half Truths Or Lies.