“I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that was difficult: to be neither good nor bad. It seemed to me, in the end, the same as being bad.” ThinkingEndsSelfRememberDifficultPoorRichPridePitySelf PityRich Or PoorBeing Bad Author:Alejandro Zambra
“I think about Chilean literature as a family, because I grew up reading the literature of my country. I feel like I have fathers and stepfathers and a lot of brothers and sisters and distant cousins and all that.” ThinkingFeelsCountryReadingFatherLiteratureBrotherGrewGrew UpBrothers And SistersCousinStepfathersChileans Author:Alejandro Zambra
“I don't have any doubts that I need writing. I need it personally because this is the way I think.” ThinkingWayNeedsWritingDoubt 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
“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
