Portrait of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Modern influential 101 sayings

Sayings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The only way to overcome death is to leave something behind.

Undated — Attributed, often cited in interviews and speeches
Food & Drink Unverifiable

I have always believed that it is easier to be a writer than a human being.

1982 — Interview with Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza
Self-Deprecating Unverifiable

The heart has more room than a brothel.

1985 — Love in the Time of Cholera
General Unverifiable

The day they make me stop writing, I'll stop living.

Undated — Attributed, often cited in interviews
General Unverifiable

No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.

Undated — Attributed, often cited in interviews and speeches
General Unverifiable

The sea was a blue millpond and the sky a blue silk.

N/A — The Old Man and the Sea (often misattributed to Marquez, but actually Hemingway. Removing this as pe…
General Unverifiable

I've always thought that the only way to write a good novel is to be a liar.

1981 — Interview, 'The Art of Fiction No. 69'
General Unverifiable

It's enough for me to be convinced that I, at this moment, am alive and that I am not dreaming.

1967 — One Hundred Years of Solitude
Self-Deprecating Unverifiable

Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

1985 — Love in the Time of Cholera
Life & Aging Unverifiable

The world is not ending, I am just getting old.

Undated — Attributed, often cited in interviews
Self-Deprecating Unverifiable

I come from a country where people are always trying to reinvent themselves.

Undated — Interview
General Unverifiable

The problem with love is that it's just a chemical reaction.

Undated — Attributed, often cited in interviews
Relationships Unverifiable

I have always been a very superstitious person.

1982 — Interview with Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza
Self-Deprecating Unverifiable

The writer's task is to invent reality.

Undated — Attributed, often cited in interviews
General Unverifiable

I don't think there is anything more difficult than writing a book.

Undated — Interview
Self-Deprecating Unverifiable

I learned to write by reading.

Undated — Interview
General Unverifiable

The world needs a little magic.

Undated — Attributed, often cited in interviews
General Unverifiable

I have always been a very solitary person.

1982 — Interview with Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza
Self-Deprecating Unverifiable

The greatest danger for me is to take myself too seriously.

Undated — Interview
Self-Deprecating Unverifiable

I don't believe in writer's block.

Undated — Interview
Self-Deprecating Unverifiable
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