Puns are a form of humor 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.

Writing for me, even what you call serious writing, is play.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish

I am against the notion of style in itself

I think all writing is done through memory

I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels