Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.

I love fiction because in fiction you go into the thoughts of people, the little people, the people who were defeated, the poor, the women, the children that are never in history books.

You would give your life for your little baby. It's not the same when you are in a sexual relationship unless you feel that you are loved as you love.

My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.

Some people connect with a story and may find between the lines something that might be useful to him or her, but that's not the intention of the author, I think. At least not mine.

I learned very quickly that when you emigrate, you lose the crutches that have been your support; you must begin from zero, because the past is erased with a single stroke and no one cares where you’re from or what you did before.

Do you truly believe that life is fair, Senor de la Vega? -No, maestro, but I plan to do everything in my power to make it so.