The stories on standardized tests don't have one author, therefore they can never authentically be in the first person. Imagine that! Everywhere,… — Alejandro Zambra First person Copy Share Image
“...she feels a desire to go to the bridge, alone, to throw something over the rail, into the current—a photograph, a hat,… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
“She knows that very soon Ernesto won't come back. She imagines herself disconcerted, then furious, and finally invaded by a decisive calm.… — Alejandro Zambra Loving others Copy Share Image
“The novel belongs to our parents, I thought then, I think now. That's what we grew up believing, that the novel belonged… — Alejandro Zambra Books Copy Share Image
Everything has been said and everything has been done, but you still feel like you are looking for something. — Alejandro Zambra Done Copy Share Image
“Julián didn’t want to regain his love, since he had stopped loving her a long time ago. He had stopped loving her… — Alejandro Zambra Long time Copy Share Image
Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I… — Alejandro Zambra Birth Copy Share Image
We rely too much on the people we share our lives with. We hold them responsible for things they are not even… — Alejandro Zambra Blame Copy Share Image
I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that… — Alejandro Zambra Being bad Copy Share Image
“What greater happiness than to know that move exists, that I can watch it many times, that I can watch it always.” — Alejandro Zambra Happiness Copy Share Image
I've been writing most of my life; it's just something I do. — Alejandro Zambra Life Copy Share Image
As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to… — Alejandro Zambra Adults Copy Share Image
“Parents abandon their children. Children abandon their parents. Parents protect or forsake, but they always forsake. Children stay or go but they… — Alejandro Zambra Children Copy Share Image
“There are some families in which, at 9:00 at night, the father starts to hit the wine and the mother the ironing,… — Alejandro Zambra Ask questions Copy Share Image
“She lay on the bed to read a novel; she wanted to forget that bitter conversation and be carried along by the… — Alejandro Zambra Book Copy Share Image
I was a nerdy kid and I was writing and showing other fellows who are still my friends what I was writing.… — Alejandro Zambra Different Copy Share Image
You are told that you have to eliminate un-useful sentences, but as a writer you know how important details are. — Alejandro Zambra Details Copy Share Image
“What's the purpose of being with someone if they don't change your life? She said that, and Julio was present when she… — Alejandro Zambra Change your life Copy Share Image
I think about Chilean literature as a family, because I grew up reading the literature of my country. I feel like I… — Alejandro Zambra Books Copy Share Image
Literature is about getting in touch. It sounds so hippie, but it really is about sharing stuff. We are a community that… — Alejandro Zambra Books Copy Share Image
“I must say that my father is innocent. I should say it. I have to say it. I’m obliged to say it.… — Alejandro Zambra Children Copy Share Image
You're looking for something, I don't know what I'm looking for, but I'm looking. Writing is a lot about that. When you… — Alejandro Zambra Books Copy Share Image
I am still trying to find out things. And I inevitably tell myself the story in different ways every time I think… — Alejandro Zambra Different Copy Share Image
I don't have any doubts that I need writing. I need it personally because this is the way I think. — Alejandro Zambra Doubt Copy Share Image
Every story, every poem, every written piece is about belonging. There is a me, there is a we, there is an us,… — Alejandro Zambra Belonging Copy Share Image
