I don't ever think about the utility of fiction. I don't believe in it or certainly don't require anybody to consider it. A novel or short story might be useful to a reader in all kinds of ways, many of… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
I don't impose political responsibilities on my fiction. The last thing I would ever want to do, for example, is write a novel that… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
What I see of the US Presidential elections from down here makes me want to disengage from that particular reality and just hole up… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
“Hold her tight, if you have her; hold her tight, I thought, that's my advice to all the living. Breathe her in, put your… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
Great fiction has been written out of the very darkest circumstances of our narco violence, and nothing written in either fiction or nonfiction has… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
Maybe Pope Francis will say something on his visit to the US, maybe he'll rebuke Donald Trump and anti-immigrant racism and demagoguery beautifully, in… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
The Democrats are hardly agents of change, or even remotely interesting talkers or reality observers. The workings of actual power in the US is… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
“I can go years thinking that it seems impossible that I will ever satisfy that appetite again and then it is easy to satisfy… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
Narco fiction novels have a reputation, at least here in Mexico among some of the writers I know, of being somewhat rushed productions, usually… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
There's a certain advantage to living in a small country like Guatemala, I think. You don't feel so distant from political reality there. When… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
I'm a little skeptical of so-called narco fiction, I have to say, though some writers I admire may have written some narco fiction. You… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
I've written one book-length piece of journalism. The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi? That book had an impact. Eight years after… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
