“This story, which takes place one a Sunday in July in a hot, deserted Lisbon, is the Requiem that the character I refer to as I was called on to perform in this book. Were someone to ask me why I w...”

“No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.”

“I live quietly at home among my family and friends.”

“Like a blazing comet, I've traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear.”

“Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“My life is my message.”

“One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.”

“My life is like a speeding bullet that just hasn't hit the target yet.”