My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.

We are born sad and we die sad, but meanwhile we love bodies whose sad beauty is a miracle.

An intellectuals weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as far as I know, no dictatorship has fallen because of a sonnet.

The real influence on my work was reality, that of my country and Latin America in general.

Perfection is a polished collection of errors.

Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.

When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem.