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

Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness.

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

After all Death is a Symbol that there was Life.

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

I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguays dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile.

Five minutes are enough to dream a whole life, that is how relative time is.