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I'm under no illusions about the importance of my work. But if it has any worth, it is that it truly reflects the Brazilian people.

~Jorge Amado

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I am a writer who has written about the life of my people, the character of my people. What I can say is that the greatest hero of the Brazilian novel is the Brazilian people.

~Jorge Amado

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Night was running ahead of itself.

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Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn't change them, since I believed them at the time.

~Jorge Amado

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I am like my characters - sometimes even the female ones.

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The best translations are always the ones in the language the author can't read.

~Jorge Amado

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Biography

Nationality: Brazilian

Type: Writer

Born: August 10th, 1912

Died: August 6th, 2001

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