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

The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.

Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.

I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.

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

Modern American cinema seems to me superficial. The intention is to understand a certain reality, and the result is nothing but a photographing of that reality.

Writers are not meant for action.