Carlos Fuentes : (4) " Here among my books, my wife, my friends and my loves, I have plenty of reasons to keep living. " - Carlos Fuentes " I don’t think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them. " - Carlos Fuentes " I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down. " - Carlos Fuentes " What I want is to respond to the challenge posed by the mass media – to permit the novel to say what can only be said by narrative – to allow it to be itself. " - Carlos Fuentes