Ah, in every age there is always some new wonder to astound mankind until they grow accustomed to it and lose interest.

The best way to killing a rose is to force it open when it is still only the promise of a bud.

As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of all, you only feel rested when it has been accomplished.

When I am occupied with a work that requires continuity - a novel, for example - I write every day.

I don't doubt that a man can live perfectly well on his own, but I'm convinced that he begins to die as soon as he closes the door of his house behind him.

With the passing of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the colour of blood and in the salt of tears, and, as if that were not enough, we made our eyes into a kind of mirror turned inwards, with the result that they often show without reserve what we are verbally trying to deny.

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about beginning with the Revolution, and in a certain way, developed as a consequence of the Revolution. But it was also a result of the counterrevolutionary coup of November 1975.