Love is music, and sex is only the instrument.

How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.

The two moments are much alike: birth and death are made of the same fabric.

Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me.

Before I start writing, before I have an idea of where and when the story happens, I research it thoroughly.

I'm living in California but I have a place that is mine in Chile and I belong there. I am no longer an exile.

The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing.