Enrique Vila-Matas Quotes

Spain, Novelist
March 31, 1948

Enrique Vila-Matas (born March 31, 1948 in Barcelona) is a Spanish novelist. He is the author of several award-winning books that mix different genres like meta-fiction and have been translated into thirty languages.

I long to journey endlessly, always in search of something new. Always alert.

Enrique Vila-Matas
- Long
- Journey
- Search
When it grows dark, we always need someone. This thought, the product of anxiety, only comes to me in the evenings, just when I'm about to end my writerly explorations.

Enrique Vila-Matas
- Dark
- Anxiety

As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by an anxiety that knows no irony, and I must wait until the next day to rediscover the blend of anguish and humor that characterizes my writing and that generates my style.

Enrique Vila-Matas
- Writing
- Night
- Control
One has to know how to swim just well enough to avoid having to save anyone else.

Enrique Vila-Matas