No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.

So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down.

Writers rush in where publishers fear to tread and where translators fear to tread

I first came out against Castro in June 1968, fifteen months after my book had been published, and you cannot imagine how quickly a void was created around me

There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic strips and radio.