To stay in places and to leave, to trust, to distrust, to no longer believe and believe again, . . . to watch the snow come, to watch it go, to hear rain on a tent, to know where I can find what I want.

Hombre, there are bodegas open all night long.

The writer's job is to tell the truth.

All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.

Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it.

In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die.

You can write anytime people will leave you alone and not interrupt you.