I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words.

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer.

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana, which was once a great and fascinating city.

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

I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write - I have not finished writing something and she is already reading it.