Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history.

Now the masses of Latin America are electing governments they feel can take forward the democratic reforms of the last 20 years, and transform them into social and economic reforms. This is, I think, extremely important, because it also means that the left has abandoned the revolutionary solution proposed by Che Guevara and has taken the democratic path.

Love can isolate us from everything around us. But in its absence, we can be filled with the fear that something comparable exists.

chaos: it has no plural.

Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other.

To read and write is a paradise.

I live through risk. Without risk there is no art. You should always be on the edge of a cliff about to fall down and break your neck.