If the world is upside down the way it is now, wouldn't we have to turn it over to get it to stand up straight?

Richness in the world is a result of other people's poverty. We should begin to shorten the abyss between haves and have-nots.

Any open net was an unforgivable crime meriting immediate punishment, and [Di Stefano] carried out the sentence by stabbing at it like a mischievous elf.

Latin America is part of the world which was for many years condemned to the system of power where intimidation had more strength than the vote.

Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs ten steps further away. As much as I may walk, I'll never reach it. So what's the point of utopia? The point is this: to keep walking.

There are some writers who feel they are elected by God. I am not. I am elected by the devil - this is clear.

Our effectiveness depends on our capacity to be audacious and astute, clear and appealing. I would hope that we can create a language more fearless and beautiful than that used by conformist writers to greet the twilight.