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The Possibility Of Being As Free With The Camera As We Are With The Pen Is A Fantastic Prospect For The Creative Life Of The 21st Century.

I Discovered Very Quickly That Criticism Is A Form Of Optimism, And That When You Are Silent About The Shortcomings Of Your Society, You're Very Pessimistic About That Society. And It's Only When You Speak Truthfully About It That You Show Your Faith In That Society.

Death Is The Great Maecenas, Death Is The Great Angel Of Writing. You Must Write Because You Are Not Going To Live Any More.

Things Have Changed In Latin America Now. We Mostly Have Democratic Governments In Latin America, So The Position Of The Writer Has Changed. It Is Not As Neruda Used To Say, That A Latin American Writer Walks Around With The Body Of His People On His Back. Now, We Have Citizens, We Have Public Means Of Expression, Political Parties, Congress, Unions. So, The Writer's Position Has Changed, We Now Consider Ourselves To Be Citizens - Not Spokespeople For Everybody - But Citizens That Participate In The Political And Social Process Of The Country.

When We Have A Better, More Social, More Responsible, Less Egotistical, Less Corrupt System, Mexico Will Be Able To Give Work To The Millions Of Mexicans Who Have To Build Our Roads, Dams, Schools, All The Things That Are Left Undone In Mexico While We Have The Manpower. There Is Something Very Bad Going On, On Both Sides Of The Border In Mexico And The Us. But The Worker Is A Worker, Not A Criminal. So, I Am In Favor Of A Solution Such As The Kennedy-mccain Proposals That Make It Clear What Steps Have To Be Taken To Accept The Fact That The Us Needs Foreign Workers.