A good translation must bring to the reader not only the meaning of the text, but also to its music —its rhythms. - Ana María Shua

Variety is my device. Each of my texts must startle the reader one way or another. I think that is one of the tasks literature must accomplish: to never let the reader feel really confortable.

I was proud of our cultural level in Argentina. It was our way of breathing and resistance and suddenly we were forced to avoid reality by choosing every word with concern.

Ethics and aesthetics are just the same in art; or at least they are integrated in a complex way.