His soul is in his stories. I once asked him who inspired him to create his characters, and his answer was no one. That all his characters were himself.

Every labyrinth has its minotaur

The only way you can truly get to know an author is through the trail of ink he leaves behind him. The person you think you see is only an empty character: truth is always hidden in fiction.

I decided that my existence would be one of books and silence.

A good friend once told me that the problems are like cockroaches. If drawn to light, they'll get scared.

The only use for military service is that it reveals the number of morons in the population," he would remark. "And that can be discovered in the first two weeks; there's no need for two years. Army, Marriage, the Church and Banking: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Yes, go on, laugh.

Army, Marriage, the Church, and Baking: the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. Fermin Romero de Torres - The Shadow of the Wind.