I am against the notion of style in itself

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels

Cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, Cigars are for eternity.

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels

Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you see are images, they are telling you a story

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

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.