I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination. – Carlos Fuentes
I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family. – Carlos Fuentes
I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination. – Carlos Fuentes
I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family. – Carlos Fuentes
I am a morning writer I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next days writing. – Carlos Fuentes
I dont think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them. – Carlos Fuentes
Do not shun this maxim because it is common-place. On the contrary, take the closest heed of what observant men, who would probably like to show originality, are yet constrained to repeat. Therein lies the marrow of the wisdom of the world. – Arthur Helps, “Chapter IV,” Companions of My Solitude, 1851