I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course

Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me.

The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters.

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader

What I do believe is that there is always a relationship between writing and reading, a constant interplay between the writer on the one hand and the reader on the other

I think all writing is done through memory

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