In Latin America, Even Atheists Are Catholics.

To Read And Write Is A Paradise.

One Wants To Tell A Story, Like Scheherezade, In Order Not To Die. It's One Of The Oldest Urges In Mankind. It's A Way Of Stalling Death.

Retrospectively, I Would Agree With Luis Bunuel That Sex Without Sin Is Like An Egg Without Salt.

Some Writers Achieve Great Popularity And Then Disappear Forever. The Bestseller Lists Of The Past Fifty Years Are, With A Few Lively Exceptions, A Sombre Graveyard Of Dead Books.

Things Have Changed In Latin America Now. We Mostly Have Democratic Governments In Latin America, So The Position Of The Writer Has Changed. It Is Not As Neruda Used To Say, That A Latin American Writer Walks Around With The Body Of His People On His Back. Now, We Have Citizens, We Have Public Means Of Expression, Political Parties, Congress, Unions. So, The Writer's Position Has Changed, We Now Consider Ourselves To Be Citizens - Not Spokespeople For Everybody - But Citizens That Participate In The Political And Social Process Of The Country.