Antonio Munoz Molina Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The '80s was the time for the great so-called modernization in Spain. It was a moment when it seemed that everything was breaking up and moving fast into modernity.”

“The fact that evil exists in the world bothers me. I think that people do terrible things for ideological or political reasons. I think that evil stems from ideology. People are taught to hate.”

“An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.”

“A writer doesn't write about just anything. He writes about things he has an affinity for.”

“I have absolute respect for Israel and people in Israel who are critical of their own country.”

“Cervantes is the most important Spanish writer. But he is not the most representative of the Spanish. His irony, his sense of humor - they are too subtle to seem Spanish.”

“If you're well-known, you're at the risk of becoming your own character. When you're alone, as a writer, you have to be unknown, putting it all on the paper.”

“Many of the books I read, I had to read them in French, English, or Italian, because they hadn't been translated into Spanish.”

“Shakespeare is a permanent presence in the English letters.”

“There are two types of stories: public and private.”