Author: Carlos Fuentes

Quotes

Work is what saves you.

Work is what saves you.

- Carlos Fuentes

My system for staying young is to work a lot, to always have a project on the go.

My system for staying young is to work a lot, to always have a project on the go.

- Carlos Fuentes

The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.

The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.

- Carlos Fuentes

The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.

The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.

- Carlos Fuentes

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.

- Carlos Fuentes

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

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

- Carlos Fuentes

The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.

The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.

- Carlos Fuentes

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

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

- Carlos Fuentes

I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.

I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.

- Carlos Fuentes

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