In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre; they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc.
In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does not exist.
When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts.
You are lost the moment you know what the result will be.
I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with.
I prefer the emotion that corrects the rule.
You need great passion, because everything you do with great pleasure, you do well.
I learned to approach racing like a game of billiards. If you bash the ball too hard, you get nowhere. As you handle the cue properly, you drive with more finesse.
When I raced with Mercedes, I thought I'd learn German. But my wife didn't want to live in Germany.
The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.
A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.
Women rule our lives, don't they?
In my time, you needed to speak a little Italian, and that was it.
Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away!
My duty is to call for free elections because there is an abuse of power, and we live in a dictatorship.
In Venezuela, we either accept domination, total oppression and torture... from Maduro's regime, or we choose freedom, democracy, and prosperity for our people.
The most important element for any economy is confidence.
In Venezuela, we have movement for freedom, for democracy, that has taken years and sacrifice to build, and a majority through protests to win elections to align ourselves with the world that recognizes the fight for democracy in Venezuela.
We will stay in the streets until we have freedom for Venezuela.
Let's swear as brothers that we won't rest until we gain freedom.
If we look at the day-to-day suffering of the Venezuelan people, that's not about numbers: it's about human beings.
Venezuelans live on 3 dollars a month. That's a tragedy. That is impossible to survive under these conditions.
My ascension as interim president is based on Article 233 of the Venezuelan Constitution, according to which, if at the outset of a new term there is no elected head of state, power is vested in the president of the National Assembly until free and transparent elections take place.
The sanctions have been a key element in making sure that those who have violated human rights and are guilty of corruption have a clear consequence to their actions. They have also been key to helping protect the assets of the Venezuelan people.
I was 15 when Hugo Chavez came to power in 1998. At the time, I lived in Vargas State, which borders the Caribbean. In 1999, torrential rains caused flash floods that left thousands of people dead. I lost several friends, and my school was buried in the mudslide. The importance of resilience has been etched into my soul ever since.
