811 Quotes by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Every work of art is aggressive, Isabella. And every artist’s life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself and one’s limitations. To achieve anything you must first have ambition and then talent, knowledge, and finally the opportunity.

It’s only worth staying in bed if you’re young and in good company.

There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn’t dignified enough to qualify.

While you’re working, you don’t have to look life in the eye.

It’s up to you how you waste your time and money. I’m staying here to read: life’s too short.

It’s hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain, you’re constantly trying to solve challenges. I think most writers enjoy the feeling of having written something, rather than the process of writing it.

My wife and I were never happy here. Spain can be narrow-minded, and provincial. In LA you don’t have to justify yourself. I think I will leave here again soon and move back there.

The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you’ve already stopped loving that person forever.

We spend a good part of our lives dreaming, especially when we’re awake.