"The writer’s job is to write with rigor,……" — 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 part of the moral obligation of a writer, which cannot be only purely artistic. I think a writer has some kind of responsibility at least to participate in the civic debate. I think literature is impoverished, if it becomes cut from the main agenda of people, of society, of life."
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38 Quotes by Mario Vargas Llosa
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There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.
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You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within…
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This fact was something I also learned from this first novel that I needed personal experience to invent, to fantasize,…
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It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
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Since it is impossible to know what's really happening, we Peruvians lie, invent, dream and take refuge in illusion. Because…
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I write because I'm unhappy. I write because it's a way of fighting unhappiness.
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The secret to happiness, at least to peace of mind, is knowing how to separate sex from love. And, if…
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Reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life
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Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in…
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The worst thing that can happen to an artist is to be subsidized by the state. It leads to an…
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I think in a country like mine, violence is at the root of all human relations.
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No democracy is born perfect, and none ever gets to be perfect. Yet democracy is superior to authoritarian and totalitarian…
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For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran.…
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So, I'm lying on the couch and Laura walks in and I say, 'Free at last,' and she says 'You're…
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When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot…
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I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.
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The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want…
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But, as we've seen over the last several months, the people in this country are very dissatisfied with the direction…
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Bringing democratic control to the conduct of foreign policy requires a struggle merely to force the issue onto the public…
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Feminism's agenda is basic: it asks that women not be forced to "choose" between public justice and private happiness. It…
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