“I thought that, when I came to New York, that I would have a very life...” — Mario Vargas Llosa Quote

“I thought that, when I came to New York, that I would have a very life here for three months or three and a half months. And my impression is that it won't be so quiet as I wanted.”

“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.”

“I think everybody, or the great majority of human beings, have this aspiration to become other: to live a different identity, at least for a while.”

“I never really felt pushed at school or that I was struggling; it came naturally.”

“The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as a complete surprise to philosophers, and so did quantum mechanics, and so did other things.”

“The writing of 'Topdog' was a great gift. I feel the play came to me because I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it.”