Quote by Mario Vargas Llosa

I think everybody, or the great majority of human beings, have this aspiration to become other: to live a different identity, at least for…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Nothing better protects a human being against the stupidity of prejudice, racism, religious or political sectarianism, and exclusivist nationalism than this truth that invariably…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I learnt to read when I was five, and I think that is the most important thing that happened to me.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Death isn't enough. It doesn't remove the stain. But a slap, a whiplash, square on the face, does. Because a man's face is as…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

The writer’s job is to write with rigor, with commitment, to defend what they believe with all the talent they have. I think that’s…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

The truths that seem most truthful, if you look at them from all sides, if you look at them close up, turn out to…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

That is one thing I am sure of amid my many uncertainties regarding the literary vocation: deep inside, a writer feels that writing is…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Revolution will free society of its afflictions, while science will free the individual of his.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I think if you're impregnated with good literature, with good culture, you're much more difficult to manipulate, and you're much more aware of the…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Each book, for me, has been an adventure, a period of time dedicated to study, to document certain facts, to traveling, and also to…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Reading good literature is an experience of pleasure...but it is also an experience of learning what and how we are, in our human integrity…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“O comes o te comen, no hay más remedio.”

— Mario Vargas Llosa