Mario Vargas Llosa Quotes
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You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.
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Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories.
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There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.
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Since it is impossible to know what`s really happening, we Peruvians lie, invent, dream and take refuge in illusion. Because of these strange circumstances, Peruvian life, a life in which so few actually do read, has become literary.
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Prosperity or egalitarianism - you have to choose. I favor freedom - you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.
| Name | Mario Vargas Llosa |
| Age | 72 |
| Date of Birth | March 28, 1936 |
| Birthplace | Arequipa, Peru |
| Star Sign | Aries |
| Nationality | Peruvian |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Category | Peruvian Novelist |
