Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.

I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.

The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you'll never be unhappy again.

Your reality, isn’t restricted by this cell we live in. If you read something, if you study something, you transcend any cell you’re inside of

I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood.