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Carlos Fuentes quotes about writing

Mexican Novelist November 11, 1929 – May 15, 2012

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I am a morning writer; I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day's writing. Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes quote: "One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an..."
One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone. Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes quote: "Writing is a struggle against silence."
Writing is a struggle against silence. Carlos Fuentes
Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy. Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes quote: "I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down."
I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down. Carlos Fuentes
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
The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States. Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes quote: "You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to..."
You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die. Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes quote: "I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write..."
I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.' Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes quote: "Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that..."
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that. Carlos Fuentes

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