“The same skills needed for writing are needed or reading. Writers fail readers, but it also happens the other way around and readers fail writers when all they ask of them is confirmation that the world is how they see… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
“Citar es respirar literatura para no ahogarse entre los tópicos castizos y ocurrentes que le vienen a uno a la pluma cuando se empeña… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
When it grows dark, we always need someone. This thought, the product of anxiety, only comes to me in the evenings, just when I'm… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
“I think I have the right to be able to see myself differently from how others see me, to see myself however I want… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
“Quand on voyage avec quelqu’un, me dit-il, on a toujours tendance à trouver ce qui nous entoure étrange, tandis que si on voyage seul,… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
Had I mentioned to someone around 1795 that I planned to write, anyone with any sense would have told me to write for two… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
“The novel is a hybrid genre and a large part of its charm arises from the alluvial nature of its materials. There is nothing… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
“La literatura me ha permitido siempre comprender la vida. Pero precisamente por eso me deja fuera de ella.” — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert. — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
“ - Estou apaixonado porque vocês me falaram do amor. Nunca me teria apaixonado se não me fizessem interessar pelo tema." - Enrique Vila-Matas,… — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
“I don't like ferocious irony but rather the kind that vacillates between disappointment and hope. Okay?” — Enrique Vila-Matas Copy Share Image
