One of the things that troubles me the most in life, that upsets all of us, is that we reach this world with the capability to be anything. But then life starts to confine us inside our small realities. And then, the shadow of those other possible lives stays to lurk us and you can't shake it off, since it was so easy, it'd have been so easy to lead another life. We make twenty thousand small choices a day, and maybe one of those choices is the one that will take us to a completely different life. If you stop to think about it, it is vertiginous, hypnotizing and distressing.
At any given time, if you live long enough, old age catches you . . . the only choices we have in life are either the impairment of old age or early … - Rosa Montero
At any given time, if you live long enough, old age catches you . . . the only choices we have in life are either the impairment of old age or early …
- Rosa Montero
The truth about being a writer is you do not choose the stories you tell, but stories choose you. You do not choose, therefore, characters either. No… - Rosa Montero
The truth about being a writer is you do not choose the stories you tell, but stories choose you. You do not choose, therefore, characters either. No…
The art path leads you to be increasingly free. And what does "because of being increasingly free" mean? Julio Ramón Ribeyro used to say a mature nov… - Rosa Montero
The art path leads you to be increasingly free. And what does "because of being increasingly free" mean? Julio Ramón Ribeyro used to say a mature nov…
The more readings a novel has, even contradictory, the better. In journalism, you talk about what you know; you have provided yourself with records, … - Rosa Montero
The more readings a novel has, even contradictory, the better. In journalism, you talk about what you know; you have provided yourself with records, …
The flesh is what traps us, because no one has ever chosen his or her body to live in, has he? It's the flesh that makes us sick, that makes us old a… - Rosa Montero
The flesh is what traps us, because no one has ever chosen his or her body to live in, has he? It's the flesh that makes us sick, that makes us old a…
One of the things that troubles me the most in life, that upsets all of us, is that we reach this world with the capability to be anything. But then … - Rosa Montero
One of the things that troubles me the most in life, that upsets all of us, is that we reach this world with the capability to be anything. But then …
It's true that a human being cannot control what happens to him. However, what we can control is how we respond to what happens to us, what we do wit… - Rosa Montero
It's true that a human being cannot control what happens to him. However, what we can control is how we respond to what happens to us, what we do wit…
Reality and fiction are really mixed up. The frontier between reality and fiction is tremendously porous and slippery. And in fact, when I remember s… - Rosa Montero
Reality and fiction are really mixed up. The frontier between reality and fiction is tremendously porous and slippery. And in fact, when I remember s…
For me, fiction belongs to my inner being, is something essential which defines me - I am a fiction writer in the same way I am a woman, the same way… - Rosa Montero
For me, fiction belongs to my inner being, is something essential which defines me - I am a fiction writer in the same way I am a woman, the same way…
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