Jorge Amado

I am like my characters - sometimes even the female ones.

Night was running ahead of itself.

Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn't change them, since I believed them at the time.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

My father loved Brazilian football, a diehard follower, so of course, he hated Germany and always rooted against them, always.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.