"I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason."
Antonio Munoz Molina is a Spanish novelist and essayist known for literary fiction and cultural commentary. His work has received major Spanish literary awards and has been translated widely. He also served in leadership roles connected to the Instituto Cervantes in New York.