1936-, Latin American Author
Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty.
Mario Vargas Llosa – [Eroticism]


It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Mario Vargas Llosa – [Prison]


No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.
Mario Vargas Llosa – [Fiction]


Prosperity or egalitarianism — you have to choose. I favor freedom — you never achieve real equality anyway: you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.
Mario Vargas Llosa – [Equality]


There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.
Mario Vargas Llosa – [Literature]