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
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that. Carlos Fuentes concentrationdemandrequire 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
You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican. Carlos Fuentes absolutedealfreedom share on social
What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous. Carlos Fuentes abuconventiongeneva Change image and share on social
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
I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination. Carlos Fuentes analogyfilmimage Change image and share on social
