I'm under no illusions about the importance of my work. But if it has any worth, it is that it truly reflects the Brazilian people.
Night was running ahead of itself.
I am a writer who has written about the life of my people, the character of my people. What I can say is that the greatest hero of the Brazilian novel is the Brazilian people.
Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn't change them, since I believed them at the time.
I am like my characters - sometimes even the female ones.
The best translations are always the ones in the language the author can't read.
