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

I do not consider myself a Hispanic writer.

My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor.

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

I was an avid radio fan when I was a boy, as well as a great lover of comic strips

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