Things have changed in Latin America now. We mostly have democratic governments in Latin America, so the position of the writer has changed. It is not as Neruda used to say, that a Latin American writer walks around with the body of his people on his back. Now, we have citizens, we have public means of expression, political parties, congress, unions. So, the writer's position has changed, we now consider ourselves to be citizens - not spokespeople for everybody - but citizens that participate in the political and social process of the country.

Writing is a struggle against silence.

No, it's not that they're bad. It's that they're obliged to pretend they're good. They've been brought up to deceive and be cunning, to protect themselves from our society. I don't want to be like that.

Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.

I need, therefore I imagine.

The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.

Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.