Quotes by : Julio Cortázar

Skill alone cannot teach or produce a great short story, which condenses the obsession of the creature;....

La Maga did not know that my kisses were like eyes which began to open up beyond her, and that I went....

Thirsty for being, the poet ceaselessly reaches out to reality, seeking with the indefatigable harpoon....

We no longer believe because it is absurd: it is absurd because we must believe.

The mysterious does not spell itself out in capital letters, as many writers believe, but is always between,....

As if you could pick in love, as if it were not a lightning bolt that splits your bones and leaves you....

you have to live by fighting each other, it's the law, the only way that things areworth while but it....

For me the thing that signals a great story is what we might call its autonomy, the fact that it detaches....

Y allá en el fondo está la muerte si no corremos y llegamos antes y comprendemos que ya no importa.....

I am talking about the responsibility of the poet, who is irresponsible by definition, an anarchist enamored....