Puns are a form of humor with words.

Tobacco is the opiate of the gentleman, the religion of the rich.

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

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

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

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels