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Famous Mario Vargas Llosa Quotes
“In general, I think my freedom of invention is not limited when I use historical characters.”
“A novel which persuades us of its truth is true however full of lies it may be”
“Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.”
“No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.”
“Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.”
“Science is still only a candle glimmering in a great pitch-dark cavern.”
“It is rare and almost impossible for a novel to have only one narrator.”
“One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.”
“Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it”
“writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible!”
“Revolution will free society of its afflictions, while science will free the individual of his.”
“I convinced her that her first loyalty isn't to other people, but to her own feelings.”
“If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.”
“There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.”
“It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.”
“I write because I'm unhappy. I write because it's a way of fighting unhappiness.”
“Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life.”