“Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I won't say it's like giving birth because I haven't given birth. It's more like when your children leave home.” GivingFirstsChildrenBookHomeGivenTalkingHavensBirthLetting GoOur ChildrenYour ChildrenPublishingGiving Birth Author:Alejandro Zambra
“For me, writing is a way of finding out about things I didn't know before I began writing.” KnowsWayWritingFindings Author:Alejandro Zambra
“We rely too much on the people we share our lives with. We hold them responsible for things they are not even aware of. We start blaming them.” PeopleToo MuchOur LivesShareResponsibleBlameRely Author:Alejandro Zambra
“If you write, and you are really alone (writing is a lonely thing), you learn to be alone without suffering. When you read, you also learn to do this. When you write, you deal with things.” IfsWritingSufferingDealsLonely Author:Alejandro Zambra
“I am still trying to find out things. And I inevitably tell myself the story in different ways every time I think about it.” ThinkingWayTryingStillsDifferentStoriesDifferent Ways Author:Alejandro Zambra
“You can say that literature is about topics like love, death, and all that, but I think there is only one topic that applies to all literature and that is belonging.” ThinkingLiteratureBelongingTopicsLike LoveLove Death Author:Alejandro Zambra
“Every story, every poem, every written piece is about belonging. There is a me, there is a we, there is an us, and we want to belong to it or we don't want to belong. You can read every story with this as its main focus.” WantStoriesFocusPiecesWrittenBelonging Author:Alejandro Zambra
“Literature is about getting in touch. It sounds so hippie, but it really is about sharing stuff. We are a community that doesn't seem to be important for the rest of society, but we are people who want to get in touch - really in touch. We want to be thinking together.” PeopleThinkingWantImportantSeemsTogetherLiteratureStuffSoundCommunityHippie Author:Alejandro Zambra
“I knew little, but at least I knew that: no one could speak for someone else. That although we might want to tell other people's stories, we always end up telling our own.” PeopleWantLifeLittlesEndsStoriesMightSpeak Author:Alejandro Zambra
