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.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

When all is said and done, what is clear is that all lives end before their time.

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.

There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.