Ambos percibieron la piel del otro nunca antes tan precisa y cercana, la presión de sus manos, la intimidad de un contacto anhelado desde el comienzo de los tiempos. Los invadió un calor palpitante en...
I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you going to write about? No ghosts, no fear. I'm very happy that I had an unhappy and uncom...
I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.
All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom.
—Le advierto que Ryan Miller es una persona inestable, con un posible trastorno nervioso, que puede haber cometido los asesinatos que se le atribuyen en un estado mental alterado. En cualquier caso, p...
—Hijo mío, la Santa Madre Iglesia está a la derecha, pero Jesucristo siempre estuvo a la izquierda
— ¿Para qué he vivido, Lucía? Antes de morir tengo que averiguar para qué estoy en este mundo. Es verdad lo que dices, he estado tanto tiempo anestesiado, que no sabría por dónde comenzar a vivir de n...
لا يمكن للحب أن يكون مبكرًا أبدًا
To enjoy her remaining years of good health before she was defeated by decrepitude. She wanted to live abroad, where the daily challenges kept her mind occupied and her heart in relative calm, because...
Los demonios pierden su poder cuando los sacamos de las profundidades donde se esconden y los miramos de frente en plena luz,
Writing is like riding a bicycle: you don’t forget how, even if you go for years without doing it.
What is the most generous thing to do in this case?
Very few old folk are happy, Irina. Most of them are poor, aren’t healthy, and have no family. It’s the most fragile and difficult stage of life, more so than childhood, because it grows worse day by...
She accused him of having grandiose ideas and sloppy habits, a fatal combination for a writer.
Não há nada tão insatisfatório como um fim com pontas soltas, essa tendência moderna de deixar os livros a meio.
Memory is fiction. We select the brightest and the darkest, ignoring what we are ashamed of, and so embroider the broad tapestry of our lives.
Mario Vargas Llosa’s
I've been so thoroughly incorporated into the California culture that I practice meditation and go to a therapist, even though I always set a trap: during my meditation I invent stories to keep from b...
I tried to show my affection and gratitude with small attentions, but he would not allow it; he was not used to receiving affection, although it was his nature to squander it on others.