- Carlos Fuentes: Without risk, there is no art, no literature. You should always be on the edge of a cliff, about to fall down and break your neck.
- Carlos Fuentes: I love having critics for breakfast. I've been having them for 30 years in Mexico, just eating them like chicken and then throwing their bones away. They have not survived. I have!
- William Styron: He
- [Carlos Fuentes]
- William Styron: is like a shark. You know the shark, if it does not stay in constant motion, dies. I think that's what Carlos does to stay alive.