Gabriel García Márquez on Books
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Gabriel García Márquez, catalogued under books, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Gabriel García Márquez, entry #78058: "I can't think of any one film that improved on a good novel, but I can think of many good films that came from very bad novels."
Attributed to Gabriel García Márquez, entry #49172: "I would like for my books to have been recognized posthumously, at least in capitalist countries, where they turn you into a kind of merchandise."
4 Quotes by Gabriel García Márquez on Books
"I can't think of any one film that improved on a good novel, but I can think of many good films that came from very bad novels."
"I would like for my books to have been recognized posthumously, at least in capitalist countries, where they turn you into a kind of merchandise."
"Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry."
"In the end all books are written for your friends. The problem after writing One Hundred Years of Solitude was that now I no longer know whom of the millions of readers I am writing for; this upsets and inhibits me. It's like a million eyes are looking at you and you don't really know what they think."