The worth of a prize depends on the people who have received it before you.
From Antonio Munoz Molina
A writer doesn't write about just anything. He writes about things he has an affinity for.
Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His irony, his sense of humor - they are too subtle to seem Spanish.
Shakespeare is a permanent presence in the English letters.
I have absolute respect for Israel and people in Israel who are critical of their own country.
There can be no better prize for a writer than one awarded by an international book fair.
Many of the books I read, I had to read them in French, English, or Italian, because they hadn't been translated into Spanish.
Here in Spain, there are Argentine Jews, children and grandchildren of immigrants of Jews who fled Germany or Austria in the thirties, and in the seventies during the dictatorship, they had to go into exile again.
There are two types of stories: public and private.
An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.
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