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.

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

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 don't have any style.

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

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels