People might ask me, What do you propose instead? I propose nothing. I am a mere novelist, I just write about the world as I see it. It is not my job to transform it. I cannot transform it all by myself, and I wouldn't even know how to. I limit myself to saying what I believe the world to be.

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

I'm not pessimistic. It is the world that is terrible. How can we be optimistic in the face of a planet where people live so badly, nature is being destroyed and the dominant empire is money?

...the habit of falling hardens the body, reaching the ground, to in itself, is a relief.

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions and the doctrines of the empire, which regards this region as its backyard.

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?

Creating is always so much more stimulating than destroying.