Disasters are called natural, as if nature were the executioner and not the victim.

If nature were a bank, they would have already rescued it.

In 1492, the natives discovered they were Indians; they discovered they lived in America.

I'm a writer obsessed with remembering: with remembering the past of America above all - and above all, that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to forgetfulness.

I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead, 'A pretty move, for the love of God.' And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle, and I don't give a damn which team or country performs it.

From 8 A.M. until noon, I am pessimistic. Then from 1 P.M. until 4, I feel optimistic.