The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing; one comes to the country of the writer with one's papers and identification pretty much in order.

“El pesar auténtico es tan escaso como el amor auténtico.”

“We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, I know that, but sometimes, oh Go…”

“¿Cuándo murió? ¿Ha ocurrido de veras? ¿Y cómo voy a poder soportarlo el resto d…”

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot…”