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

— Luisa Valenzuela

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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)

I believe fiction is a search shared with the reader.

Interview with ‘’The Paris Review (2001)

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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Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith; and in this sense atheism is a purification.

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