Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability. ”

I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true. We aren't satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams. ”

The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good. ”

She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them. ”

From the moment I wrote 'Leaf Storm' I realized I wanted to be a writer and that nobody could stop me and that the only thing left for me to do was to try to be the best writer in the world. ”

If God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world. ”

It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination. ”

In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it. ”

I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before. ”

The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen. ”