I have never considered myself a writer in exile because I grew up outside of my own country, because my father was a diplomat. Therefore, I grew up in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, the United States, I studied in Switzerland - so I've always had perspective on my country - I am thankful for that.

Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.

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

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.

One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death.

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

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