"Reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of…" — Mario Vargas Llosa

"Reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life"

— Mario Vargas Llosa

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38 Quotes by Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa has 38 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.
You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within…
This fact was something I also learned from this first novel that I needed personal experience to invent, to fantasize,…
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Since it is impossible to know what's really happening, we Peruvians lie, invent, dream and take refuge in illusion. Because…
I write because I'm unhappy. I write because it's a way of fighting unhappiness.
The secret to happiness, at least to peace of mind, is knowing how to separate sex from love. And, if…
Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in…
The worst thing that can happen to an artist is to be subsidized by the state. It leads to an…
I think in a country like mine, violence is at the root of all human relations.
No democracy is born perfect, and none ever gets to be perfect. Yet democracy is superior to authoritarian and totalitarian…
The truths that seem most truthful, if you look at them from all sides, if you look at them close…

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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