“The novels that have fascinated me most are the ones that have reached...” — Mario Vargas Llosa Quote

“The novels that have fascinated me most are the ones that have reached me less through the channels of the intellect or reason than bewitched me.”

“When I was at university in the Fifties, Latin America was full of dictators. Trujillo was the emblematic figure because, of course, of his cruelty, corruption, extravagance, and theatricalities.”

“I convinced her that her first loyalty isn't to other people, but to her own feelings.”

“I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've ever written and, as any writer will tell you, happy songs are a million times more difficult to write than sad songs.”

“I want my audience to be constantly captivated, bewitched, so that it leaves the theatre dazed, stunned to be back on the pavement.”

“Bewitched is half of everything.”