I am against the notion of style in itself

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

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

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost

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 wrote for a weekly magazine and then edited a literary magazine, but I did not really feel comfortable with the profession of journalism itself