Gabriel García Márquez
Master of magical realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude
Most quoted
"I discovered that my obsession for having each thing in the right place, each subject at the right time, each word in the right style, was not the well-deserved reward of an ordered mind, but just the opposite: a complete system of pretense invented by me to hide the disorder of my nature."
— from Living to Tell the Tale, 2002
"The only thing that came to her in that moment was the memory of the afternoon when her father had read the piece about the siege to her, and she was shocked that she could remember it with so many details when she could not remember what she had done the previous week."
— from Love in the Time of Cholera, 1985
"Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but ... life obliges them over and over again to relinquish themselves to an exit as painful and dramatic as the one that obliged them to emerge for the first time."
— from Love in the Time of Cholera, 1986
All quotes by Gabriel García Márquez (267)
I have always been a dreamer, and my dreams are the source of my stories.
Literature is a way of preserving memory, of keeping the past alive.
I write to create a world that is more real than reality itself.
The greatest challenge for a writer is to make the reader feel what the characters feel.
I believe that every story has a truth, even if it is a fictional truth.
The most important thing is to never give up, to keep writing even when it's difficult.
My greatest joy is to see my words come alive in the minds of my readers.
I have always been a rebel, and my writing is a way of expressing that rebellion.
The world is a magical place, and I try to capture that magic in my stories.
I write because I am curious about the human condition.
The most important thing is to be authentic, to write from the heart.
I believe that literature can change the world, one story at a time.
The greatest gift a writer can give is to make the reader feel less alone.
I write to escape reality, and to create a new one.
The most difficult thing is to find your own voice, to write in a way that is uniquely yours.
I have always been a seeker of truth, and my writing is a way of searching for it.
The world is a mystery, and I try to unravel it through my stories.
I write because I love language, because I love the sound of words.
The most important thing is to read, to read everything, to read constantly.
I believe that stories are the most powerful force in the world.
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