The success of ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read Quote
When ‘The Shadow of the Wind’ became a success I had already been a working writer, I’d been through the ups and downs, I’d seen how it worked. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read Quote
I’m interested in everything. I don’t see why Borges can’t work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can’t be mixed with Balzac. It’s just storytelling; it’s different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read Quote
Shirley Jackson’s writings are a must for aficionados of the gothic and of good literature. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read Quote
My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read Quote
I’m fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There’s something about that period that’s epic and tragic. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read Quote
I’ve always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read Quote
I’m a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read Quote
The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it’s a woman who’s extremely vain. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read Quote
In Los Angeles you get the sense sometimes that there’s a mysterious patrol at night: when the streets are empty and everyone’s asleep, they go erasing the past. It’s like a bad Ray Bradbury story – ‘The Memory Erasers’. Carlos Ruiz Zafon Read Quote
