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The last time when I handed over information was in February or March 1949. ↗

— Klaus Fuchs

#handed #i #information #last #last time

What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#does #itself #others #states #understand

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#actual experience #already #any #bad #based

I've learned so much as both a writer and a human. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#human #i #learned #much #writer

There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#beyond #existence #help #mankind #must

Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#both #brave #close #contrary #culture

Don't classify me, read me. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#me #read

Here among my books, my wife, my friends and my loves, I have plenty of reasons to keep living. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#books #friends #here #i #keep

I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.' ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#felt #i #i always #inside #little

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

#am #back #come #day #go