“If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum express...” — Mario Vargas Llosa Quote

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

“Couldn't imagine any other way of living, outside of books, outside my work. Which doesn't mean I am not interested in other things, of course - I am interested in many things. But the center, the crux, is always literature.”

“I think that literature has the important effect of creating free, independent, critical citizens who cannot be manipulated.”

“Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.”

“Window-breaking, when Englishmen do it, is regarded as honest expression of political opinion. Window-breaking, when Englishwomen do it, is treated as a crime.”

“I can't imagine a world where I wouldn't have the means of expression. When I talk to people who don't, it seems like they're really unhappy.”