I've Lost Audiences, I've Recovered Them.

In The Name Of Certainty, The Greatest Crimes Have Been Committed Against Humanity.

My System For Staying Young Is To Work A Lot, To Always Have A Project On The Go.

One Puts Off The Biography Like You Put Off Death. To Write An Autobiography Is To Etch The Words On Your Own Gravestone.

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.

At 50 I Find There Is A Long Line Of Characters And Shapes Demanding Words Just Outside My Window.