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I believe fiction is a search shared with the reader.

— Luisa Valenzuela Interview with ‘’The Paris Review (2001)

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More quotes by Luisa Valenzuela

My only real possession was a dream and they can't deprive me of my dreams just like that.

You cannot make a writer-it is an innate way of seeing the world, and a love of language, and a lifetime commitment.

Interview with ‘’The Paris Review (2001)

Those worlds erroneously called primitive have such rich cosmologies.

Interview (2022)

Writing cannot be taught, no, but stimulated, yes.

Interview (2018)

There are so many impediments and temptations to avoid writing. But self-censorship is never one of them.

Interview (2022)

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