In my private circle I am a mother, grandmother, wife, friend, daughter... the success means nothing to my small tribe..

If, for example, I saw my grandparents or my daughter for an instant, would I recognize them? Probably not, because in looking so hard for a way to k….

There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be….

Empowering women means trusting them..

The fastest-growing population in the United States is the older people, because we are living much longer, healthier lives. The problem is, individu….

I come from the so-called Third World (what is the Second)?.

The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything..

Twittering and blogging and all that is fine, but there is no idea of how to phrase something beautifully; how to use language to create an emotion. ….

Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fasci….

I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing..

In my book tours I get to meet an audience every night. And I see that there are mostly young people, and there are a lot of more men than before, bu….

Words are not that important when you recognize intentions..

When I fall in love I'm obsessed..

If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always White men who do that and you don't have the voices ….

So firm did Nivea's determination become that she wrote in her diary that she would give up marriage in order to devote herself completely to the str….

The slave who dances is free ... while he is dancing..

That was a good time in my life, in spite of having the sensation of floating on a cloud, surrounded by both lies and things left unspoken. Occasiona….

His lifetime was less than a fraction of a second in infinity. Or maybe he did not even exist; maybe human beings, the planets, everything in Creatio….

We only appreciate what we have when we lose it..

Writing is a process, a journey into memory and the soul..

I have seen these persons speak unthinkingly, not realizing that to speak is also to be. Word and gesture are man's thought. We should not speak with….