I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do. Carlos Ruiz Zafon feltwriter Change image and share on social
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory. Carlos Ruiz Zafon beautybookcemetery Change image and share on social
I am a curious creature and put my finger in as many cakes as I can: history, film, technology, etc. I'm also a freak for urban history, particularly Barcelona, Paris and New York. I know more weird stuff about 19th-century Manhattan than is probably healthy. Carlos Ruiz Zafon 19thbarcelonacake share on social
With 'The Angel's Game', there was a lot of pressure from the expectations - expectations from the book industry and from readers; it's natural. Carlos Ruiz Zafon angelbookexpectation Change image and share on social
The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain. Carlos Ruiz Zafon barcelonacitycreature Change image and share on social
I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in two days, raindrops the size of mangoes. And in Barcelona, the Mediterranean storms come up from the sea, thunder and lightning; it's like the end of the world. Carlos Ruiz Zafon barcelonadayend share on social
In Los Angeles you get the sense sometimes that there's a mysterious patrol at night: when the streets are empty and everyone's asleep, they go erasing the past. It's like a bad Ray Bradbury story - 'The Memory Erasers'. Carlos Ruiz Zafon angelesasleepbad share on social
I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from; Orson Welles, jazz, all that stuff. Los Angeles is one of those places where somebodies become nobodies and nobodies become somebody. Carlos Ruiz Zafon angelesbackchildhood share on social
I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads. Carlos Ruiz Zafon attentionconventioncritical Change image and share on social
My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out. Carlos Ruiz Zafon agebookchildhood Change image and share on social
