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Eroticism is born at a time in civilisation when sexual instinct becomes deanimalised and enriched with contributions from art and from literature. A world of theatricality emerges around the act of love.

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Reality is the richest thing there is, the most important thing there is. Our imagination allows us to live an artificial life that is wonderful, extremely rich, but I don't believe any artist would dare to say that artifice is better than real life.

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Good novel is a conjunction of many factors, the main of which is, without a doubt, hard work. There are many things behind a good novel, but in particular, there is a lot of work - a lot of patience, a lot of stubbornness, and a critical spirit.

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Couldn't imagine any other way of living, outside of books, outside my work. Which doesn't mean I am not interested in other things, of course - I am interested in many things. But the center, the crux, is always literature.

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Journalism is a way of voicing opinion, of participating in the political, social, or cultural debate.

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In 1975, I went to the Dominican Republic for eight months during the shooting of a film based on my novel 'Captain Pantoja and the Special Service.' It was during this period I heard and read about Trujillo.

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I am not going to participate in professional politics again.

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If you live in a country where there is nothing comparable to free information, often literature becomes the only way to be more or less informed about what's going on.

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Iraq is better without Saddam Hussein than with Saddam Hussein. Without a doubt.

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I think that literature has the important effect of creating free, independent, critical citizens who cannot be manipulated.

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Biography

Nationality: Peruvian

Type: Writer

Born: March 28th, 1936

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