If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.

Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it.

We had yet to learn that the Devil created youth so that we could make our mistakes, and that God established maturity and old age so that we could pay for them.

I became a writer, a teller of tales, because otherwise I would have died... or worse.

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith

There are worse prisons than words.

Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.