For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free. imagination
I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing it makes you feel like an idiot. music
What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they? dreams
Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. hope
We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power. power
My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor. humor
I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams. dreams
I don't think humor is forced upon my universe it's a part of it. humor
I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all. beauty & poetry
If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force. positive
It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope. hope