868 Quotes by Gabriel García Márquez

Humanity, like armies in the field, advances at the speed of the slowest.

People spend a lifetime thinking abouthow they would really like to live. I asked my friends and no one seems to know very clearly. To me, it's very clear now. I wish my life could have been like the years when I was writing 'Love in the Time of Cholera.'

In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.

A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.

The only difference today between Liberals and Conservatives is that the Liberals go to mass at five o'clock and the Conservatives at eight.

There [is] no innocence more dangerous than the innocence of age.

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.

If you're going to be a writer you have to be one of the great ones... After all, there are better ways to starve to death.

A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.