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The writer needs to react to his or her own internal universe, to his or her own point of view. If he or she doesn't have a personal point of view, it's impossible to be a creator.

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The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!

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The essayist has to follow a certain intellectual pattern. The novelist has the advantage of using fantasy, of being subjective.

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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.

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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.

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My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

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My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.

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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.

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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.

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Biography

Nationality: Argentinian

Type: Author

Born: December 28th, 1932

Died: July 22nd, 1990

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