American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter

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

I am a writer of fragments.

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

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book

Cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, Cigars are for eternity.