chaos: it has no plural.

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.

Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going to live any more.

Incredible the animal that first dreamed of another animal.

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

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

You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die.