For me, writing is a way of finding out about things I didn't know before I began writing.
Literature is about getting in touch. It sounds so hippie, but it really is about sharing stuff. We are a community that doesn't seem to be important… - Alejandro Zambra
Literature is about getting in touch. It sounds so hippie, but it really is about sharing stuff. We are a community that doesn't seem to be important…
- Alejandro Zambra
Every story, every poem, every written piece is about belonging. There is a me, there is a we, there is an us, and we want to belong to it or we don'… - Alejandro Zambra
Every story, every poem, every written piece is about belonging. There is a me, there is a we, there is an us, and we want to belong to it or we don'…
You're looking for something, I don't know what I'm looking for, but I'm looking. Writing is a lot about that. When you write a poem. When you write … - Alejandro Zambra
You're looking for something, I don't know what I'm looking for, but I'm looking. Writing is a lot about that. When you write a poem. When you write …
I knew little, but at least I knew that: no one could speak for someone else. That although we might want to tell other people's stories, we always e… - Alejandro Zambra
I knew little, but at least I knew that: no one could speak for someone else. That although we might want to tell other people's stories, we always e…
For me, writing is a way of finding out about things I didn't know before I began writing. - Alejandro Zambra
Everything has been said and everything has been done, but you still feel like you are looking for something. - Alejandro Zambra
Everything has been said and everything has been done, but you still feel like you are looking for something.
I think about Chilean literature as a family, because I grew up reading the literature of my country. I feel like I have fathers and stepfathers and … - Alejandro Zambra
I think about Chilean literature as a family, because I grew up reading the literature of my country. I feel like I have fathers and stepfathers and …
I am still trying to find out things. And I inevitably tell myself the story in different ways every time I think about it. - Alejandro Zambra
I am still trying to find out things. And I inevitably tell myself the story in different ways every time I think about it.
Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I won't say it's like giving birth … - Alejandro Zambra
Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I won't say it's like giving birth …
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