One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not t... - Carlos Fuentes

"Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre."

"One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death."

"You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die."

"One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death."