Bolaño on Minor Works and Masterpieces

Before Archimboldi left, after they’d had a cup of tea, the man who rented him the typewriter said: “Jesus is the masterpiece. The thieves are minor works. Why are they there? Not to frame the crucifixion, as some innocent souls believe, but to hide it.” 2666, Roberto Bolaño

Movie in Words: Roberto Bolaño

he looked at me with those eyes like a lake at sundown Roberto Bolaño, Amulet

Bolaño on Being Calm

But if it’s going to work out, it’s absolutely crucial that we stay calm. Calm is the one thing that will never let us down. And Amalfitano said: everything else lets us down? And the voice said: yes, that’s right, it’s hard o admit, I mean it’s hard to have to admit it to you, [...]