The wider the author's arsenal of tools and the better technically equipped the storyteller is, the better the tale will be.

Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen.

somethings can only be seen in the shadows

Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it.

All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind

Every labyrinth has its minotaur

The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And its a woman whos extremely vain.

A good liar knows that the most efficient lie is always a truth that has had a key piece removed from it.

Waiting is the rust of the soul.

Sometimes we think people are like lottery tickets, that they're there to make our most absurd dreams come true.

One mustn't dream of one's future; one must earn it.

Is that a stake, Bones, or are you just happy with my new dress?”“In this case, it’s a stake. You could always feel around for something more, though. See what comes up.

...it is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it.

Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.

The only security lies in individual, personal honesty, The law cannot make people honest.

We need trust among allies and partners. Such trust now has to be built anew.

I do not believe that I fell in love with a woman because I was abused.

I still have an insane drive to create and express myself, and it'll never stop because I don't know how to stop it.

Can they do both? That's a huge balance, I think, with kids- trying to find the right- it's everything, you know, it's social life, it's academics, it's sports.

To the west, the Pacific Ocean, which revulses me, for its vastness cannot be fitted into any box.

The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.