Mario Vargas Llosa Quotes

5 quotes from 4 authors

Here you’ll find a compact set of five quotes that orbit Vargas Llosa’s world – a storm‑tossed line from a novel’s character, a wry comment on poetic output, and Truffaut’s candid confession about loving books and film alike. For depth, see American literature, 20th‑century novelists, and the literature‑film crossover.

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I'd always admired the intellectuals who had made the transition into politics - Mario Vargas Llosa in Peru, Vaclav Havel in the…

Michael Ignatieff

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“You cannot teach creativity—how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of…

Mario Vargas Llosa

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Life is a shitstorm, in which art is our only umbrella." (spoken by character in a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa)

Mario Vargas Llosa

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“When asked if he had a special feeling for books, critic-turned-filmmaker Francois Truffaut answered, "No. I love them and films equally, but…

Alexis Krasilovsky

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“If Laura was so prolific with poems, and in truth she was, then what was the problem with Megan’s request? Couldn’t Laura,…

L.L. Barkat

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