Times Interview Debuts in Opinion

A new feature, the Los Angeles Times Interview, debuts in today’s Opinion section. Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian novelist and presidential candidate in today’s election, talks about the differences between being a writer and being a politician. M3

Also in today’s Opinion section, Richard M. Nixon describes his last night in the White House and the agony of accepting a presidential pardon, in an excerpt from his new book, “In the Arena.” M1