One Can't Fight With Oneself, For This

Writing A Book Is A Very Lonely Business. You Are Totally Cut Off From The Rest Of The World, Submerged In Your Obsessions And Memories.

I Think In A Country Like Mine, Violence Is At The Root Of All Human Relations.

But What Do I Have? The Things I'm Told And The Things I Tell, That's All. And As Far As I Know, That Never Yet Made Anyone Fly.

I Learned To Read At The Age Of Five, In Brother Justiniano's Class At The De La Salle Academy In Cochabamba, Bolivia. It Is The Most Important Thing That Has Ever Happened To Me. Almost Seventy Years Later I Remember Clearly How The Magic Of Translating The Words In Books Into Images Enriched My Life, Breaking The Barriers Of Time And Space.

I Have Been Always Fascinated And Seduced By History, Which I Think Is Very Close, Very Close To Literature.