It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.
My mother set us to an activity and let us be.
Art and commerce are not irreconciliable, they are inextricably intertwined.
I do think that all of us think in poems.
- Aló, ¿con la Casa de la Cultura? - Sí conchetumadre.
In the summer of '80, Silhouette bought my first book.
I read a lot - and I read a variety of genres.
Fate. You could never anticipate it.
Compromise isn't so painful if you're the one setting the terms.
We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
We're living in a world where Google beats Gallup.
A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
I don't think you should limit what you read.
A lot of things can't be modeled very well.
You don't want to treat any one person as oracular.
Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.
Yes... it wasn't over, it still isn't over.
We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.
Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.
A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
