“A work survives its readers; after a hundred or two hundred years, it ...” — Octavio Paz Quote

“A work survives its readers; after a hundred or two hundred years, it is read by new readers who impose on it new modes of reading and interpretation. The work survives because of these interpretations, which are, in fact, resurrections: without them, there would be no work.”

“To us, the value of a work lies in its newness: the invention of new forms, or a novel combination of old forms, the discovery of unknown worlds or the exploration of unfamiliar areas in worlds already discovered - revelations, surprises.”

“Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.”

“It gets a bit boring talking about the same thing for a hundred years.”

“When someone shouts 'Skins' at you, its funny the first time. But after a hundred times, you think, 'I do have a name.'”