![]() ![]() Another useful method is to take notes and then interpret them with a certain loyalty to the person interviewed. Then afterward he should reminisce about the conversation and write it down as an impression of what he felt, not necessarily using the exact words expressed. The best way, I feel, is to have a long conversation without the journalist taking any notes. As a journalist, I feel that we still haven’t learned how to use a tape recorder to do an interview. In my case I immediately take a defensive attitude. The problem is that the moment you know the interview is being taped, your attitude changes. ![]() ![]() How do you feel about using the tape recorder? He alternates between leaning forward towards his listener, and sitting far back with his legs crossed when speaking reflectively. His hands too are often in motion making small but decisive gestures to emphasize a point, or to indicate a shift of direction in his thinking. When García Márquez speaks, his body often rocks back and forth. Although his English is quite good, García Márquez spoke mostly in Spanish and his two sons shared the translating. The interview took place over the course of three late-afternoon meetings of roughly two hours each. His hair is dark and curly brown and he wears a full mustache. He was dressed casually in corduroy slacks with a light turtleneck sweater and black leather boots. He is a solidly built man, only about five feet eight or nine in height, who looks like a good middleweight fighter-broad-chested, but perhaps a bit thin in the legs. He came to greet me, walking briskly with a light step. García Márquez was sitting at his desk at the far end of the studio. The most striking feature of the room is a large blown-up photograph above the sofa of García Márquez alone, wearing a stylish cape and standing on some windswept vista looking somewhat like Anthony Quinn. Within, at one end, are a couch, two easy chairs, and a makeshift bar-a small white refrigerator with a supply of acqua minerale on top. A low elongated building, it appears to have been originally designed as a guest house. The studio is a short walk from the main house. Gabriel García Márquez was interviewed in his studio/office located just behind his house in San Angel Inn, an old and lovely section, full of the spectacularly colorful flowers of Mexico City. Interviewed by Peter Stone Issue 82, Winter 1981 ![]()
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