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Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Experience Gives History Life Literature More New New Opportunities Opens Opportunities Readers Than You

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Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: After America Back Backward Barbaric Because Become Black Colonies Considered Democratic England France Heritage Independence Indian Latin Latin America Liberated Like Looked Mexico Newly Our Progressive Republics Spanish Them Towards Triple Turned Were

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I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Am Imagination Interested Life Not Interested Slice Want I Am

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What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Best Does Itself Others States Understand United United States Worst

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Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Because Crying Diplomacy Embassy Exports Fight Had Imports Lady Much Opposite Secretary Sense She Students Trouble Who Writing You Yourself

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I am a morning writer; I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day's writing.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Afternoon Am Back Come Day Go Keep Longhand Lunch Morning Next Read Swim Take Then Until Walk Writer Writing I Am

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One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Autobiography Biography Death Like Off Own Put Puts Words Write You Your

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The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Concerned Economic Enlightened Everyone Exercise New New World Order Philanthropy Self-Interest World

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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Concentration Demands Done Else Except Nothing Requires Writer Writing

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I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death.

~Carlos Fuentes

Topics: Believe Books Bore Create Death Expecting Give Go Like Looking Make Me Public Rather Readers Ready-Made Something Than Them Win Would I Believe I Believe In

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Biography

Nationality: Mexican

Type: Novelist

Born: November 11th, 1929

Died: May 15th, 2012

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