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List of Mario Vargas Llosa Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 65 inspiring quotes by Mario Vargas Llosa.

About Mario Vargas Llosa

  • Born: March 28, 1936
  • Occupation: Writer
    • Liberty is inseparable from social justice, and those who dissociate them, sacrificing the first with the purpose of attaining the second more quickly, are the true barbarians of our time.
    Sacrifice Justice Liberty
    The foundations of liberty are private property and the rule of law; this system guarantees the fewest possible forms of injustice, produces the greatest material and cultural progress, most effectively stems violence and provides the greatest respect for human rights. according to this concept of liberalism, freedom is a single, unified concept. political and economic liberties are as inseparable as the two sides of a medal.
    Rights Law Two Sides
    I have been always fascinated and seduced by history, which i think is very close, very close to literature.
    Thinking Literature Has Beens
    Journalism is a way of voicing opinion, of participating in the political, social, or cultural debate.
    Political Way Opinion
    In general, i think my freedom of invention is not limited when i use historical characters.
    Character Thinking Historical
    The writer’s job is to write with rigor, with commitment, to defend what they believe with all the talent they have. i think that’s part of the moral obligation of a writer, which cannot be only purely artistic. i think a writer has some kind of responsibility at least to participate in the civic debate. i think literature is impoverished, if it becomes cut from the main agenda of people, of society, of life.
    Jobs Believe Writing
    I couldn't imagine any other way of living, outside of books, outside my work. which doesn't mean i am not interested in other things, of course - i am interested in many things. but the center, the crux, is always literature.
    Book Mean Literature
    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.
    Lonely Memories Loneliness
    A novel which persuades us of its truth is true however full of lies it may be
    Lying May Truth Is
    Reading was such an enrichment of my life. and it was that pleasure that i had as a very young reader probably that is the origin of my vocation.
    Reading Pleasure Young
    Even though what i enjoy most is literature, i would not want to live only in a world of fiction, cut off from the rest of life. no - i want to always have a foot in the street, to be inmersed in the activities of my contemporaries, in the times, in the place where i live.
    Cutting Rest Of Life Feet
    North american society could not have reached its state of high development and modernity had it not been an open society.
    Development States American Society
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