Camilo Jose Cela quotes:

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.

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

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

I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. [Sp., Yo, senor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarian motivos para serlo.]

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.