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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.

— Angélica Gorodischer Interview (2013)

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

Interview (2013)

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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