Writer Quotes by Alejandro Zambra

9 Writer quotes by Alejandro Zambra

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You’ll encounter nine short excerpts from Alejandro Zambra that illustrate his poetic, often bittersweet approach to narrative. Even with a small set, the quotes give a clear sense of his unique literary rhythm.

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I don't have any doubts that I need writing. I need it personally because this is the way I think.

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For me, writing is a way of finding out about things I didn't know before I began writing.

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You are told that you have to eliminate un-useful sentences, but as a writer you know how important details are.

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To read is to cover one's face. And to write is to show it.

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I've been writing most of my life; it's just something I do.

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Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I…

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If you write, and you are really alone (writing is a lonely thing), you learn to be alone without suffering. When you…

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You can say that literature is about topics like love, death, and all that, but I think there is only one topic…

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Literature is about getting in touch. It sounds so hippie, but it really is about sharing stuff. We are a community that…

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Everything has been said and everything has been done, but you still feel like you are looking for something.

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“Julián didn’t want to regain his love, since he had stopped loving her a long time ago. He had stopped loving her one second…

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I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that was difficult:…

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“What greater happiness than to know that move exists, that I can watch it many times, that I can watch it always.”

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I've been writing most of my life; it's just something I do.

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As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to relate to…

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“Parents abandon their children. Children abandon their parents. Parents protect or forsake, but they always forsake. Children stay or go but they always go.…

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