Spanish - Writer | January 10, 1956 -
There can be no better prize for a writer than one awarded by an international book fair.
Antonio Munoz Molina
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Many of the books I read, I had to read them in French, English, or Italian, because they hadn't been translated into Spanish.
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There are two types of stories: public and private.
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An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.
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Nothing good ever happens by itself - it is achieved through striving, though this sometimes bears a high price.
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One can criticize the Israeli government, but it is not fair to judge the people of Israel.
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The fact that evil exists in the world bothers me. I think that people do terrible things for ideological or political reasons. I think that evil stems from ideology. People are taught to hate.
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If you're well-known, you're at the risk of becoming your own character. When you're alone, as a writer, you have to be unknown, putting it all on the paper.
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When I write short fiction or novellas, I like to leave a hint of the fantastic, of the unreal. If you write a completely fantastic novel with ghosts and everything, the effect is less powerful than if you portray an absolutely realistic situation and, in the middle of this, you put a layer of fantasy, of mystery.
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If, as a Spaniard, I am so often offended by the stereotypes that abound regarding my country, how can I accept and repeat the ones that fall even more heavily upon Israel?
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I'm afraid I have an incurable urge for teaching.
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