When I'm scared - and I'm always scared when I have to face an audience, when I have to read a review, when I publish a book...then, I think of my grandfather. My grandfather was this strong, tough Basque who would never bend....What would he do? Well, he would go ahead, close his eyes, and drive forward. You do it and the spirit that is within you....is there.

The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!

A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration.

People are afraid of falling in love because they don't want to suffer.

In my lifetime, the world has become better, not worse. And the world is moving, very slowly but surely with more democracy and more liberal way of thinking, more inclusion and more diversity.

Empowering women means trusting them.

There is room in the human heart for all the divinities.