Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.
My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.
Perfection is a polished collection of errors.
I do not write for the reader to come, but for him who is here, short of reading the text on my shoulder.
The real influence on my work was reality, that of my country and Latin America in general.
We are born sad and we die sad, but meanwhile we love bodies whose sad beauty is a miracle.