José Saramago

The possibility of the impossible, dreams and illusions, are the subject of my novels.

A man must read widely, a little of everything or whatever he can, but given the shortness of life and the verbosity of the world, not too much should be demanded of him. Let him begin with those titles no one should omit, commonly referred to as books for learning, as if not all books were for learning, and this list will vary according to the fount of knowledge one drinks from and the authority that monitors its flow.

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is.