Camilo Jose Cela Quotes

Spain, Writer
May 11, 1916 – January, 17, 2002.

Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (Spanish: [kaˈmilo xoˈse ˈθela]; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.

Also known as Novelist, Poet, Essayist

Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.

Camilo Jose Cela
- Literature
- Lives
- Times
Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.

Camilo Jose Cela
- Purpose
- Ideas
- Down

There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.

Camilo Jose Cela
- History
- Man
- Endure
When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.

Camilo Jose Cela
- Best
- Talk
- Cards
I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one.

Camilo Jose Cela
- Truth
- Reasons
- Bad Person