To narrate is to give oneself: it seems obvious that literature, as an effort to communicate fully, will continue to be blocked so long as misery and illiteracy exist, and so long as the possessors of power continue to carry on with impunity their policy of collective imbecilization through the mass media.

The division of labor among nations is that some specialize in winning and others in losing.

His legs have a mind of their own, his foot shoots by itself... Roberto Baggio is a big horsetail that flicks away opponents as he flows forward in an elegant wave.

A pretty move, for the love of God.

Writing is a marvelous adventure and very labor-intensive: those words run away and try to escape. They are very difficult to capture.

History never really says goodbye. History says, see you later.

I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity.