What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert?

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.

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