“When I was younger, I dreaded having to write. I would find every possible excuse not to sit down at the typewriter (this was a long time ago). As I've gotten older, I've learned to enjoy putting sentences together, though I still believe that writing, unlike sex, is always better after you're through.” WritingBelieveLongStillsTogetherSexEnjoyLong TimeExcuseSentencesI've LearnedLong Time AgoTypewritersI Still Believe Author:Gustavo Perez Firmat
“My writing, such as it is, grows out of my sense of discolation, I mean, dislocation. Having lost my place, I write to find my place, or to find once again that I have lost my place.” WritingMeanLostGrowsDislocation Author:Gustavo Perez Firmat
“The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to you that I don't belong to English though I belong nowhere else” WritingFactsWantedSubjects Book:Triple Crown: Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-American Poetry Source: Triple Crown: Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-American Poetry