“Don Quixote is not an imaginary person; he is as real as Alexander the Great.”

“Don Quixote is not just Don Quixote; La Mancha is not just geography; It is our personal territory—Terra Nostra.”

“Those in Argentina, Mexico and Peru, Colombia and the Caribbean Bear La Mancha and Quixote in their heartsFor he is an ultimate and overlooked Don Juan.”

“Quixote shines from Lorca and Picasso, From Dalí and El Greco, From the gloomy 'View of Toledo.' He was born before Cervantes.”

“There is no born lover, There is no born Don Juan, For we are all lovers.”

“He thought others were small; that was his greatness.”

“Great poets are great copy editors.”