“No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is ...” — Mario Vargas Llosa Quote

“No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.”

“Part of the reasons I have lived the life I have is because I wanted to have an adventurous life. But my best adventures are more literary than political.”

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

“Despair is a narcotic. It lulls the mind into indifference.”

“Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.”

“As a club, there was never any middle ground with Newcastle. They were as high as the sky or in a pit of despair.”