Migration is an opportunity, not a problem. And in the sense that it is an opportunity, it goes on to a bilateral agreement, between Mexico and the US, the US and the Dominican Republic, whatever you wish, and it has to be a multilateral, international event. I am in favor of an international union of migrant workers that really takes on the problems that affect Europe, with the migrants coming from Africa, and the US with the migrants coming from Latin America. It has to be considered an international question, with international solutions, and with no problems national or international.

Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal.

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.

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

There is no creation without tradition; the 'new' is an inflection on a preceding form; novelty is always a variation on the past.

Memory is satisfied desire.

The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.