I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death. Carlos Fuentes bearbookcreate share on social
Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers. Carlos Fuentes expandexperiencehistory Change image and share on social
I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family. Carlos Fuentes closelyfamilyfortune Change image and share on social
What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others. Carlos Fuentes badstateunderstand Change image and share on social
I love having critics for breakfast. Carlos Fuentes breakfastcriticlove Change image and share on social
The historical problem of the United States is to admit that it is a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation. Carlos Fuentes admitethnichistorical Change image and share on social
I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down. Carlos Fuentes bookheadsit Change image and share on social
U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat. Carlos Fuentes blackforeignhat Change image and share on social
There are now 30-year-old Mexican writers who do great novels in which Mexico isn't even mentioned. Carlos Fuentes greatmentionmexican Change image and share on social
