Author: Mario Vargas Llosa

Quotes

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.

- Mario Vargas Llosa

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.

- Mario Vargas Llosa

Literature is dangerous: it awakens a rebellious attitude in us.

Literature is dangerous: it awakens a rebellious attitude in us.

- Mario Vargas Llosa

Good literature is absolutely necessary for a society that wants to be free.

Good literature is absolutely necessary for a society that wants to be free.

- Mario Vargas Llosa

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know.

- Mario Vargas Llosa

Good literature always ends up showing those who read it... the inevitable limitation of all power to fulfill human aspirations and desires.

Good literature always ends up showing those who read it... the inevitable limitation of all power to fulfill human aspirations and desires.

- Mario Vargas Llosa

In fiction, you are not limited by real facts. You can manipulate reality; you can invent without being disloyal to the essence of history.

In fiction, you are not limited by real facts. You can manipulate reality; you can invent without being disloyal to the essence of history.

- Mario Vargas Llosa

Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

- Mario Vargas Llosa

I am in favor of economic freedom, but I am not a conservative.

I am in favor of economic freedom, but I am not a conservative.

- Mario Vargas Llosa

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