When I Am Occupied With A Work

One Can Show No Greater Respect Than To Weep For A Stranger.

A Writer Is A Man Like Any Other: He Dreams. And My Dream Was To Be Able To Say Of This Book, When I Finished: 'this Is A Book About Alentejo.'

There Are Times When It Is Best To Be Content With What One Has, So As Not To Lose Everything.

Whether We Like It Or Not, The One Justification For The Existence Of All Religions Is Death, They Need Death As Much As We Need Bread To Eat.

I Do Not Just Write, I Write What I Am. If There Is A Secret, Perhaps That Is It.