When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words.

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

I don't have any style.

I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England

A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar.

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.

For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.