I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels

I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England

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

I think all writing is done through memory

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 think that like all writers - and if any writer disagrees with this, then he is not a writer - I write primarily for myself

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