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As Borges, the Master, said: “When I heard Funes speak, then I had the story.” One has to let the character speak.

— Angélica Gorodischer Interview (2013)

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Inspiration doesn’t exist; what exists is work. As someone said: “Inspiration arrived . . . and found me working.” There is no other way.

Interview (2013)

Writing and translating are part of the same miracle that is language—that which made us human.

Interview (2013)

I believe all of us are constantly writing the text-that-is-the-world.

Interview (1989)

Of course, one never writes alone. One writes in the company of all one has read.

Interview (2003)

As Borges said, everything that was ever said in the world is a great story. History, philosophy, cookbooks, religions, scientific formulas, tango, novels, boleros, popular songs—all are stories about some part of the universe.

Interview (1989)

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