One that actually relates to all Latin American literature: that is, not every author is interested in being a representative of his or her national culture on the global stage.

I primarily write nonfiction. Research, reflection, and spending time with ideas are important to me. So, this is how I spend most of my time writing - in thought.

I only translate authors whose work already interests me as a reader, and that's a decision I make based on multiple encounters with an author's work.

I am not one of those translators who think that working closely with the writer will yield the best translation.

[…] but she cannot make him eat, like you.

Husband and wife both are works together as two wheels in a vehicle. Here is equality between both.

... one fire burns out another’s burning.One pain is lessened by another’s anguish. -Romeo & Juliet

Each love is unique. Special. Giving to one never takes away from another.

If you had only truth, goodness, and harmony on your side, and the complete absence of the other, there would be no creative impulse.

When I went to work in a studio, I took my pride and made a nice little ball of it and threw it right out the window.

Each day when you meditate, you should devote the first few minutes of your meditation to concentration. This will develop the power of the intellect.

The fire is not discriminating. It burns anything in its path for whatever reason.

You just get up each day and put one foot in front of the other and go. You know, each day is different.

Meditation is silence. Silence is God In His Infinity's Smile.