the leading figure in Spain's literary renewal during the post-war era.

Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.

There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.

Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.

When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.

The greatest reward is to know that one can speak and emit articulate sounds and utter words that describe things, events and emotions.