The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.

Robinson Crusoe, the first capitalist hero, is a self-made man who accepts objective reality and then fashions it to his needs through the work ethic, common sense, resilience, technology, and, if need be, racism and imperialism.

Culture consists of connections, not of separations: to specialize is to isolate.

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.

You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you dont necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican.

The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.

Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women.