Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death.

Barrabas came to us by the sea.

I'm an expert. I can kill anybody and not be caught.

No complaining about how hard it is to write, we are all so, so lucky to write, to sit down, inside, and write words on paper. There is no greater freedom, no greater good, nothing that brings more joy.

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.

In terrible moments, in moments of revolution, of war or repression, of illness or death, people react with incredible strength.

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