The noise that we can expect in the future will only increase and we'll be wishing for rural Portugal or something like that.

I think one should express opinions and these books are relatively opinionated. They would be a bit dry without it.

A lot of books are sold and given away as presents. But who actually reads and enjoy reading?

In Western Civilization - America and Britain - if you see people talking and it becomes an argument and voices are raised, you are not surprised if violence follows. Hopefully it won't, but you are not surprised.

I am no apologist for Fidel's [Castro] regime. It is, after all, a totalitarian regime. So I would like to see that change.

Paraguayans have no Italian blood and are half Guarani [Indian] blood. And the Chileans call themselves "the English of South America," which actually couldn't be further from the truth.

I am certainly very pro-Europe.