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> [“Maybe that was how to heal. I told myself stories and learned that I could be made of the ones I chose to tell, not simply the ones that life had laid haphazardly around me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/maybe-that-was-how-to-heal-i-told-myself-stories-and-learned-that-i/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

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## More by Francisco Goldman

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/i-don-t-impose-political-responsibilities-on-my-fiction-the-last/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [What I see of the US Presidential elections from down here makes me want to disengage from that particular reality and just hole up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/what-i-see-of-the-us-presidential-elections-from-down-here-makes-me/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/hold-her-tight-if-you-have-her-hold-her-tight-i-thought-that-s-my/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [Great fiction has been written out of the very darkest circumstances of our narco violence, and nothing written in either fiction or nonfiction has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/great-fiction-has-been-written-out-of-the-very-darkest-circumstances/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/maybe-pope-francis-will-say-something-on-his-visit-to-the-us-maybe-he/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [Interviewing is in some ways the art of memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/interviewing-is-in-some-ways-the-art-of-memory/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [The Democrats are hardly agents of change, or even remotely interesting talkers or reality observers. The workings of actual power in the US is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/the-democrats-are-hardly-agents-of-change-or-even-remotely/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [“I can go years thinking that it seems impossible that I will ever satisfy that appetite again and then it is easy to satisfy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/i-can-go-years-thinking-that-it-seems-impossible-that-i-will-ever/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [Narco fiction novels have a reputation, at least here in Mexico among some of the writers I know, of being somewhat rushed productions, usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/narco-fiction-novels-have-a-reputation-at-least-here-in-mexico-among/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/there-s-a-certain-advantage-to-living-in-a-small-country-like/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/i-m-a-little-skeptical-of-so-called-narco-fiction-i-have-to-say/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/i-ve-written-one-book-length-piece-of-journalism-the-art-of-political/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [People in the big rich countries are often extremely dismissive of the small countries. They think nothing that happens there is of any interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/people-in-the-big-rich-countries-are-often-extremely-dismissive-of/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [Someone wrote in the New York Times recently that if Donald Trump was allowed to go through with his plans, he'd become one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/someone-wrote-in-the-new-york-times-recently-that-if-donald-trump-was/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

> [Donald Trump is seriously dark and disturbing. You can't just dismiss it as one more example of American pop culture grotesque.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francisco-goldman/donald-trump-is-seriously-dark-and-disturbing-you-can-t-just-dismiss/)

[Francisco Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francisco-goldman/)

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