Juan Goytisolo

As I began to discover my own truth and endeavored to possess it with clarity, I became more and more alienated from that which my companions held, or professed to hold.

A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque.

For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin to acquire sense and order through the process of writing.

If I had written something, and I had written myself into a corner, I didn't abandon it. Because I remembered: There's always more.

As adults feign disinterest in science - children can grab hold of it to distinguish themselves.

I think Indian women are very beautiful. They have a sense of elegance and innocence.