A Conversation with Fernando Sorrentino Quotes

“The silliest questions are those seeking to be "deep" and/or "intelligent" and that, in fact, are absolutely hollow and stupid. For example: "What do you think is the situation of the Latin American intellectual?" What can I say in response to such generalities? My answer: "I do not know, nor do I care to know.”
― Fernando Sorrentino, A Conversation with Fernando Sorrentino

“There is no question that the style is more important than the subject matter.”
― Fernando Sorrentino, A Conversation with Fernando Sorrentino

“My narrators tell their stories as if not fully understood, which in turns helps the reader to arrive at their own conclusion.”
― Fernando Sorrentino, A Conversation with Fernando Sorrentino

“The history of Argentinian literature should be divided into two periods: before Borges (before 1941) and after Borges (after 1941).”
― Fernando Sorrentino, A Conversation with Fernando Sorrentino

“Possibly people seek nonexistent meanings due to the tendency of "intellectuals" wanting to show themselves as "intelligent.”
― Fernando Sorrentino, A Conversation with Fernando Sorrentino

“In order for the reader to believe the lies I'll tell, first I need to build a normal, everyday, believable environment ... Say, a scenario or, rather, a set design. And then, gradually, we could say surreptitiously, I introduce later the fact or facts that could never happen in real life.”
― Fernando Sorrentino, A Conversation with Fernando Sorrentino

“About how much is autobiographical in my fiction, I could say nothing and everything.”
― Fernando Sorrentino, A Conversation with Fernando Sorrentino