Men are all the same, they think that because they came out of the belly of a woman they know all there is to know about women.

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity.

In matters of feeling and of the heart, too much is always better than too little.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.

The time for miracles has either passed or not come yet, besides, miracles, genuine miracles, whatever people say, are not such a good idea, if it means destroying the very order of things in order to improve them.

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?

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.