“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
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I am not interested in slice of
“I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.”
— Carlos Fuentes
Author: Carlos Fuentes
Category: imagination
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Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you
“Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.”
— Carlos Fuentes
Author: Carlos Fuentes
Category: history
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I had the good fortune of having
“I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.”
— Carlos Fuentes
Author: Carlos Fuentes
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I use a lot of film images,
“I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.”
— Carlos Fuentes
Author: Carlos Fuentes
Category: imagination
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The United States has written the white
“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
Author: Carlos Fuentes
Category: history
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Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you
“Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.”
— Carlos Fuentes
Author: Carlos Fuentes
Category: experience
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