I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread

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

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

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

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

Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is meant to be spoken. The voice is the limit.

For me, words are just words, nothing else