Closest Quote by Juan Goytisolo

A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined…

— Juan Goytisolo

“No leo. Releo. (I don't read. I re-read)”

— Juan Goytisolo

As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with CLARITY, I became more and more alienated from that which…

— Juan Goytisolo

In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end…

— Juan Goytisolo

In Count Julian I simply proposed to create a text which would allow for diverse levels of reading.

— Juan Goytisolo

The fundamental purpose of a novel like Count Julian is to achieve the unity of object and means of representation, the fusion of treason…

— Juan Goytisolo

“No critiques a tus enemigos que a lo mejor aprenden.”

— Juan Goytisolo

In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society's feelings, beliefs, and…

— Juan Goytisolo

My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile.

— Juan Goytisolo

When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according…

— Juan Goytisolo

For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin…

— Juan Goytisolo

“As you never tire of stating, the only moral imperative for the writer, against which there is no recourse, is to return to the…

— Juan Goytisolo