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.

Perfection is a polished collection of errors.

After all Death is a Symbol that there was Life.

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

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.