Antonio Munoz Molina Quotes & Sayings

“I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason.”

“As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; you're on permanent trial.”

“Here in Spain, there are Argentine Jews, children and grandchildren of immigrants of Jews who fled Germany or Austria in the thirties, and in the seventies during the dictatorship, they had to go into exile again.”

“A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.”

“I'm afraid I have an incurable urge for teaching.”

“Nothing good ever happens by itself - it is achieved through striving, though this sometimes bears a high price.”

“One can criticize the Israeli government, but it is not fair to judge the people of Israel.”

“The worth of a prize depends on the people who have received it before you.”

“If, as a Spaniard, I am so often offended by the stereotypes that abound regarding my country, how can I accept and repeat the ones that fall even more heavily upon Israel?”

“Money makes people bold and cosmopolitan; if you are poor, you are naturally conservative. It's not easy to be a bohemian when you have to worry about what is going to happen with you and with your next paycheck.”