When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem. Votes: 9
The real influence on my work was reality, that of my country and Latin America in general. Votes: 7
After all Death is a Symbol that there was Life. Votes: 7
Five minutes are enough to dream a whole life, that is how relative time is. Votes: 4
Generosity is the only legitimate selfishness. Votes: 3
Perfection is a polished collection of errors. Votes: 3
An intellectual's weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as far as I know, no dictatorship has fallen because of a sonnet. Votes: 2
I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguay's dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile. Votes: 1
osea, resumiendo, estoy jodido y radiante Votes: 1
I do not write for the reader to come, but for him who is here, short of reading the text on my shoulder. Votes: 1
An intellectuals weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as far as I know, no dictatorship has fallen because of a sonnet. Votes: 0
I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguays dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile. Votes: 0
My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers. Votes: 0
We are born sad and we die sad, but meanwhile we love bodies whose sad beauty is a miracle. Votes: 0