One Can't Fight With Oneself,

There Is An Incompatibility Between Literary Creation And Political Activity.

Writers Are The Exorcists Of Their Own Demons.

Nothing Better Protects A Human Being Against The Stupidity Of Prejudice, Racism, Religious Or Political Sectarianism, And Exclusivist Nationalism Than This Truth That Invariably Appears In Great Literature: That Men And Women Of All Nations And Places Are Essentially Equal, And Only Injustice Sows Among Them Discrimination, Fear, And Exploitation.

No Democracy Is Born Perfect, And None Ever Gets To Be Perfect. Yet Democracy Is Superior To Authoritarian And Totalitarian Regimes Because, Unlike Them, Democracy Is Perfectible.

I Always Write A Draft Version Of The Novel In Which I Try To Develop, Not The Story, Not The Plot, But The Possibilities Of The Plot. I Write Without Thinking Much, Trying To Overcome All Kinds Of Self-criticism, Without Stopping, Without Giving Any Consideration To The Style Or Structure Of The Novel, Only Putting Down On Paper Everything That Can Be Used As Raw Material, Very Crude Material For Later Development In The Story.